Mark 12:42
40 They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
41 As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
43 Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.
44 For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
- KJV
- And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
- WEB
- A poor widow came and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.
- ASV
- And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.
- DARBY
- And a poor widow came and cast in two mites, which is a farthing.
- BLB
- And having come, one poor widow cast [in] two lepta, which is a kodrantes.
- ÅB
- Og en fattig enke kom og la to skjerver, som er én øre.
- OTB
- Men en fattig enke kom og la to små kobbermynter, verdt bare noen få øre.
- B1930
- Og en fattig enke kom og la to skjerver, som er én øre.