The Widow’s Coins

41 (A)And Jesus sat down opposite (B)the treasury, and began watching how the [a]people were (C)putting [b]money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large amounts. 42 And a poor widow came and put in two [c]lepta coins, which amount to a [d]quadrans.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:41 Lit crowd was
  2. Mark 12:41 I.e., copper coins
  3. Mark 12:42 The smallest Greek copper coin, about 1/128 of a laborer’s daily wage
  4. Mark 12:42 A small Roman copper coin, worth about 1/64 of a laborer’s daily wage

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