Mark 12:35-44

Whose Son Is the Christ?

35 ¹And as ²Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that ³the Christ is the son of David?

36 David himself, ⁴in the Holy Spirit, declared, ⁵“‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies ⁶under your feet. ”’

37 David himself calls him Lord. So ⁷how is he his son? ”And the great throng ⁸heard him gladly.

Beware of the Scribes

38 ⁹And 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 ¹⁰the places of honor at feasts,

40 ¹¹who devour widows’ houses and ¹²for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation. ”

The Widow’s Offering

41 ¹³And he sat down opposite ¹⁴the treasury and watched the people ¹⁵putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums.

42 And a poor widow came and put in two ¹⁶small copper coins, which make a penny. ^[a]

43 And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, ¹⁷this 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 ¹⁸poverty has put in everything she had, all ¹⁹she had to live on. ”

Cross References

• 1. 12:35 For ver. 35-37, see Matt. 22:41-45; Luke 20:41-44
• 2. 12:35 See Matt. 26:55
• 3. 12:35 See Matt. 1:1, 17
• 4. 12:36 [Luke 10:21; 1 Cor. 12:3]
• 5. 12:36 Acts 2:34, 35; Heb. 1:13; Cited from Ps. 110:1; [1 Cor. 15:25; Heb. 10:13]
• 6. 12:36 [Acts 7:49]
• 7. 12:37 [Rom. 1:3, 4]
• 8. 12:37 ch. 6:20
• 9. 12:38 For ver. 38, 39, see Matt. 23:1, 2, 5-7; Luke 20:45, 46; [Luke 11:43]
• 10. 12:39 Luke 14:7, 8
• 11. 12:40 [Luke 11:39; 16:14]
• 12. 12:40 [Matt. 6:5, 7]
• 13. 12:41 For ver. 41-44, see Luke 21:1-4
• 14. 12:41 Matt. 27:6; John 8:20
• 15. 12:41 2 Kgs. 12:9
• 16. 12:42 Luke 12:59
• 17. 12:43 [2 Cor. 8:2, 12]
• 18. 12:44 Phil. 4:11
• 19. 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)