Mark 12:41-44

A Poor Widow’s Offering

41 And he sat down opposite the contribution box [and] was observing how the crowd was putting coins into the contribution box. And many rich people were putting in many [coins].

42 And one poor widow came [and] put in two small copper coins (that is, a penny).

43 And summoning his disciples, he said to them, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than all those who put [offerings] into the contribution box.

44 For they all {contributed} out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in everything she had, her whole means of subsistence."

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("sat down") has been translated as a finite verb
• [b]. Although often translated "large sums," the plural here suggests large numbers of individual coins, which would make an impressive noise
• [c]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("came") has been translated as a finite verb
• [d]. This coin was the lepton, worth 1/128 of a denarius
• [e]. This coin was the quadrans, the smallest Roman coin, worth 2 lepta
• [f]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [g]. Literally "put in"