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Mark 12:41-44
International Standard Version
Mark 12:41-44
International Standard Version
The Widow’s Offering(A)
41 As Jesus[a] sat facing the offering box, he watched how the crowd was dropping their money into it.[b] Many rich people were dropping in large amounts. 42 Then a destitute widow came and dropped in two small copper coins,[c] worth about a cent.[d] 43 He called his disciples and told them, “I tell all of you[e] with certainty, this destitute widow has dropped in more than everyone who is contributing to the offering box, 44 because all of them contributed out of their surplus, but out of her poverty she has given everything she had to live on.”
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- Mark 12:41 Lit. he
- Mark 12:41 Lit. into the offering box
- Mark 12:42 Lit. two lepta, the smallest coin denominated in their economy
- Mark 12:42 Lit. quadrans, worth ¼ of the Roman assarion coin, or about 1/10 of a day’s wage
- Mark 12:43 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.
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