Mark 14:7 For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you will you may do them good: but me you have not always. Thomas Willet, one of the old Puritan divines, was a man of remarkable benevolence. He spent the income of his two benefices in comforting and entertaining the parish poor, often inviting them to the hospitalities of his house. When asked why he did so, his reply was, "Lest Joseph and Mary should want room in the inn, or Jesus Himself should say at last, 'I was a stranger, and ye took Me not in.'" Parallel Verses KJV: 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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