Mark 12:41-44
Evangelical Heritage Version
The Poor Widow’s Offering
41 Jesus sat down opposite the offering box and was watching how the crowd put money into it. Many rich people put in large amounts. 42 One poor widow came and put in two small bronze coins,[a] worth less than a penny.[b] 43 He called his disciples together and said to them, “Amen I tell you: This poor widow put more into the offering box than all the others. 44 For they all gave out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all that she had to live on.”
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- Mark 12:42 Literally lepta. One lepton was a coin worth about 1⁄128 of an agricultural worker’s daily wages.
- Mark 12:42 Literally quadrans. One quadrans was a coin worth about 1⁄64 of an agricultural worker’s daily wages.
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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