Mark 12:41-44
Christian Standard Bible
The Widow’s Gift
41 Sitting(A) across from the temple treasury,(B) he watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich(C) people were putting in large sums. 42 Then a poor(D) widow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very little. 43 Summoning his disciples,(E) he said to them, “Truly I tell you,(F) this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.(G) 44 For they all gave out of their surplus,(H) but she out of her poverty(I) has put in everything she had(J) —all she had to live on.”(K)
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Mark 12:41-44
Lexham English Bible
A Poor Widow’s Offering
41 And he sat down opposite the contribution box and[a] was observing how the crowd was putting coins into the contribution box. And many rich people were putting in many coins.[b] 42 And one poor widow came and[c] put in two small copper coins[d] (that is, a penny).[e] 43 And summoning his disciples, he said to them, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than all those who put offerings[f] into the contribution box. 44 For they all contributed[g] out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in everything she had, her whole means of subsistence.”
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- Mark 12:41 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“sat down”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 12:41 Although often translated “large sums,” the plural here suggests large numbers of individual coins, which would make an impressive noise
- Mark 12:42 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 12:42 This coin was the lepton, worth 1/128 of a denarius
- Mark 12:42 This coin was the quadrans, the smallest Roman coin, worth 2 lepta
- Mark 12:43 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Mark 12:44 Literally “put in”
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