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OET (OET-LV) For/Because you_all_are_ always _having the poor with yourselves, and whenever you_all_may_be_wanting, you_all_are_being_able to_do well to_them, but you_all_are_ not always _having me.
OET (OET-RV) You’ll always have poor people around, and you can help them whenever you want to, but I won’t be around forever.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
γὰρ
for
Here, the word For introduces a reason why Jesus rebukes these people for saying that the woman should have given money to the poor instead of pouring the perfume on Jesus’ head. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason or basis for a rebuke, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: [I am rebuking you because] or [Here is why I say that:]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
τοὺς πτωχοὺς
the poor
Jesus is using the adjective poor as a noun to mean poor people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [people who are poor]
αὐτοῖς εὖ ποιῆσαι
˱to˲_them well /to/_do
Alternate translation: [to give money to them]
14:3-9 The story of Jesus’ being anointed by a woman in Bethany (14:3-9) sets the scene for events to follow. Luke’s account (Luke 7:36-50) is significantly different and might be a different event. This incident took place in Bethany, two miles east of Jerusalem on the lower, eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, where Jesus apparently stayed when he was in Judea (Mark 11:1, 11-12). The home belonged to Simon, a former leper (lepers were isolated from society; perhaps he had been healed by Jesus; see 1:40-45).
• eating: Or reclining. The meal was a banquet, as indicated by their reclining. A woman (see John 12:3) broke the neck of a sealed, alabaster jar containing expensive perfume (pure nard) and poured it all on Jesus’ head (see Exod 29:4-7; 2 Kgs 9:1-6).
OET (OET-LV) For/Because you_all_are_ always _having the poor with yourselves, and whenever you_all_may_be_wanting, you_all_are_being_able to_do well to_them, but you_all_are_ not always _having me.
OET (OET-RV) You’ll always have poor people around, and you can help them whenever you want to, but I won’t be around forever.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.