Mark 12:38-44
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Warning against the Scribes
38 He(A) also said in His teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes,(B) and who want greetings in the marketplaces,(C) 39 the front seats(D) in the synagogues,(E) and the places of honor(F) at banquets.(G) 40 They devour(H) widows’(I) houses and say long prayers(J) just for show. These will receive harsher punishment.”
The Widow’s Gift
41 Sitting(K) across from the temple treasury,(L) He watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich(M) people were putting in large sums. 42 And a poor(N) widow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very little.[a] 43 Summoning His disciples,(O) He said to them, “I assure you:(P) This poor widow has put in more than all those giving to the temple treasury.(Q) 44 For they all gave out of their surplus,(R) but she out of her poverty(S) has put in everything she possessed(T)—all she had to live on.”(U)
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- Mark 12:42 Lit dropped in two lepta, which is a quadrans; the lepton was the smallest and least valuable Gk coin in use. The quadrans, 1⁄64 of a daily wage, was the smallest Roman coin.
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