For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me.
We have here instances, I. Of the kindness of Christ's friends, and the provision made of respect and honour for him. Some friends he had, even in and about Jerusalem, that loved him, and never thought they could do enough for him, among whom, though Israel be not gathered, he is, and will be, glorious. 1.
Commenting on Mark 14:1-11
For ye have the poor with you always,.... See Gill on Mat 26:11; and whensoever ye will ye may do them good; by feeding them when hungry, clothing them when naked, and supplying them with the necessaries of life: but me ye have not always; meaning, with respect to his bodily presence, which, in a short time, would be removed from them, and they would...
For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. (3) Christ allowed himself to be anointed once or twice for certain considerations: but his will is to be daily anointed in the poor.