Mark 12:41-44

The Widow’s Offering

41 ¹And he sat down opposite ²the treasury and watched the people ³putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums.

42 And a poor widow came and put in two ⁴small copper coins, which make a penny. ^[a]

43 And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, ⁵this 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 ⁶poverty has put in everything she had, all ⁷she had to live on. ”

Cross References

• 1. 12:41 For ver. 41-44, see Luke 21:1-4
• 2. 12:41 Matt. 27:6; John 8:20
• 3. 12:41 2 Kgs. 12:9
• 4. 12:42 Luke 12:59
• 5. 12:43 [2 Cor. 8:2, 12]
• 6. 12:44 Phil. 4:11
• 7. 12:44 Luke 8:43

Footnotes

• [a] 12:42 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)