Mark 12:38-44

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Warning against the Scribes

³⁸ He^(A) also said in His teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes,^(B) and who want greetings in the marketplaces,^{(C) 39} the front seats^(D) in the synagogues,^(E) and the places of honor^(F) at banquets.^{(G) 40} They devour^(H) widows’^(I) houses and say long prayers^(J) just for show. These will receive harsher punishment.”

The Widow’s Gift

⁴¹ Sitting^(K) across from the temple treasury,^(L) He watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich^(M) people were putting in large sums. ⁴² And a poor^(N) widow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very little.^{[a] 43} Summoning His disciples,^(O) He said to them, “I assure you:^(P) This poor widow has put in more than all those giving to the temple treasury.^{(Q) 44} For they all gave out of their surplus,^(R) but she out of her poverty^(S) has put in everything she possessed^(T)—all she had to live on.”^(U)