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41 Then he went over to the collection boxes in the Temple and sat and watched as the crowds dropped in their money. Some who were rich put in large amounts. 42 Then a poor widow came and dropped in two pennies.

43-44 He called his disciples to him and remarked, “That poor widow has given more than all those rich men put together! For they gave a little of their extra fat,[a] while she gave up her last penny.”

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  1. Mark 12:43 a little of their extra fat, literally, “out of their surplus.”

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