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Selected Verse: Mark 14:7 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 14:7 |
King James |
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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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
For ye have the poor with you always--referring to Deu 15:11.
and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always--a gentle hint of His approaching departure, by One who knew the worth of His own presence. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
And whensoever ye will, etc
Note Mark's amplification. |
11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.