Mark 12:36-44

36 David himself, ¹in the Holy Spirit, declared, ²"'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies ³under your feet.'

37 David himself calls him Lord. So ⁴how is he his son?" And the great throng ⁵heard him gladly.

Beware of the Scribes

38 ⁶And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces

39 and have the best seats in the synagogues and ⁷the places of honor at feasts,

40 ⁸who devour widows' houses and ⁹for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."

The Widow's Offering

41 ¹⁰And he sat down opposite ¹¹the treasury and watched the people ¹²putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums.

42 And a poor widow came and put in two ¹³small copper coins, which make a penny.^[a]

43 And he called his disciples to him and said to them, "Truly, I say to you, ¹⁴this 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 ¹⁵poverty has put in everything she had, all ¹⁶she had to live on."

Cross References

• 1. [Luke 10:21; 1 Corinthians 12:3]
• 2. Acts 2:34, 35; Hebrews 1:13; Cited from Psalms 110:1; [1 Corinthians 15:25; Hebrews 10:13]
• 3. [Acts 7:49]
• 4. [Romans 1:3, 4]
• 5. Mark 6:20
• 6. For ver. 38, 39, see Matthew 23:1, 2, 5-7; Luke 20:45, 46; [Luke 11:43]
• 7. Luke 14:7, 8
• 8. [Luke 11:39; Luke 16:14]
• 9. [Matthew 6:5, 7]
• 10. For ver. 41-44, see Luke 21:1-4
• 11. Matthew 27:6; John 8:20
• 12. 2 Kings 12:9
• 13. Luke 12:59
• 14. [2 Corinthians 8:2, 12]
• 15. Philippians 4:11
• 16. 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)