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Mark 12:40-42
International Standard Version
Mark 12:40-42
International Standard Version
40 They devour widows’ houses[a] and say long prayers to cover it up. They will receive greater condemnation!”
The Widow’s Offering(A)
41 As Jesus[b] sat facing the offering box, he watched how the crowd was dropping their money into it.[c] Many rich people were dropping in large amounts. 42 Then a destitute widow came and dropped in two small copper coins,[d] worth about a cent.[e]
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- Mark 12:40 I.e. rob widows by taking their houses
- Mark 12:41 Lit. he
- Mark 12:41 Lit. into the offering box
- Mark 12:42 Lit. two lepta, the smallest coin denominated in their economy
- Mark 12:42 Lit. quadrans, worth ¼ of the Roman assarion coin, or about 1/10 of a day’s wage
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