Mark 12:35-44

Christian Standard Bible

The Question about the Messiah

³⁵ While^(A) Jesus was teaching in the temple, he asked,^(B) “How can the scribes^(C) say that the Messiah^(D) is the son of David?^{(E) 36} David^(F) himself says by the Holy Spirit: ^(G)

³⁷ David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How, then, can he be his son?” And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.

Warning against the Scribes

³⁸ He^(K) also said in his teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes^(L) and who want greetings in the marketplaces,^{(M) 39} the best seats^(N) in the synagogues,^(O) and the places of honor^(P) at banquets.^{(Q) 40} They devour^(R) widows’^(S) houses and say long prayers^(T) just for show. These will receive harsher judgment.”

The Widow’s Gift

⁴¹ Sitting^(U) across from the temple treasury,^(V) he watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich^(W) people were putting in large sums. ⁴² Then a poor^(X) widow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very little. ⁴³ Summoning his disciples,^(Y) he said to them, “Truly I tell you,^(Z) this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.^{(AA) 44} For they all gave out of their surplus,^(AB) but she out of her poverty^(AC) has put in everything she had^(AD) —all she had to live on.”^(AE)