Mark 12:39-44

39 and have the best seats in the synagogues and ¹the places of honor at feasts,

40 ²who devour widows' houses and ³for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."

The Widow's Offering

41 ⁴And he sat down opposite ⁵the treasury and watched the people ⁶putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums.

42 And a poor widow came and put in two ⁷small copper coins, which make a penny.^[a]

43 And he called his disciples to him and said to them, "Truly, I say to you, ⁸this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box.

44 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her ⁹poverty has put in everything she had, all ¹⁰she had to live on."

Cross References

• 1. Luke 14:7, 8
• 2. [Luke 11:39; Luke 16:14]
• 3. [Matthew 6:5, 7]
• 4. For ver. 41-44, see Luke 21:1-4
• 5. Matthew 27:6; John 8:20
• 6. 2 Kings 12:9
• 7. Luke 12:59
• 8. [2 Corinthians 8:2, 12]
• 9. Philippians 4:11
• 10. Luke 8:43

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek two lepta, which make a kodrantes; a kodrantes (Latin quadrans) was a Roman copper coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)