Mark 14:7

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Summary

Mark 14:7

For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

Ye have

But

General references

Proverbs 3:9

James 2:15

Bible References

Ye have

For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.’

For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;

For you always have the poor with you; but you will not always have Me.

So Jesus said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep [the rest of] it for the day of My burial.

Because of this act of ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to the gospel of Christ which you confess, as well as for your generous participation [in this gift] for them and for all [the other believers in need],

For I have had great joy and comfort and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints (God’s people) have been refreshed through you, my brother.

What is the benefit, my fellow believers, if someone claims to have faith but has no [good] works [as evidence]? Can that [kind of] faith save him? [No, a mere claim of faith is not sufficient—genuine faith produces good works.]

By this we know [and have come to understand the depth and essence of His precious] love: that He [willingly] laid down His life for us [because He loved us]. And we ought to lay down our lives for the believers.

But

Little children, I am with you [only] a little longer. You will look for Me and, as I told the Jews, so I tell you now, ‘Where I am going, you are not able to come.’

“But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

I am no longer in the world; yet they are still in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, so that they may be one just as We are.

whom heaven must keep until the time for the [complete] restoration of all things about which God promised through the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.

General references

Honor the Lord with your wealth
And with the first fruits of all your crops (income);

If a brother or sister is without [adequate] clothing and lacks [enough] food for each day,