Mark 14:7 Meaning and Explanation
“For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.”
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Read Full Chapter →Jesus says the poor will always be near to serve, but he himself will not always be with them in the flesh.
What Does Mark 14:7 Mean?
Jesus answers the appeal to the poor by echoing the law itself: Deuteronomy 15:11 says the poor shall never cease out of the land, and therefore the hand must always be open. He does not pit charity against worship; he affirms that his disciples will have lifelong occasion to do the poor good.
But me ye have not always — the sentence is a quiet announcement of his death. There was one brief window in history when the Son of God sat at a table in Bethany and could be anointed, and she seized it. The verse teaches discernment: some duties are constant, some moments come once. Love learns to know the hour.
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What does Mark 14:7 mean?
Jesus says the poor will always be near to serve, but he himself will not always be with them in the flesh.