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Text -- Mark 12:39-44 (NET)
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12:39 and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets .
12:40 They devour widows ’ property , and as a show make long prayers . These men will receive a more severe punishment .”
The Widow’s Offering
12:41 Then he sat down opposite the offering box , and watched the crowd putting coins into it . Many rich people were throwing in large amounts .
12:42 And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins , worth less than a penny .
12:43 He called his disciples and said to them , “I tell you the truth , this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others .
12:44 For they all gave out of their wealth . But she , out of her poverty , put in what she had to live on, everything she had.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Jesus, The Christ |
Temple |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
MITE |
Widow |
Women |
FARTHING |
Poor |
Money |
Hypocrisy |
TREASURE; TREASURER; TREASURY |
Pey |
Self-denial |
TREASURY |
CHEST |
Storehouses |
Satire |
Bronze |
Wicked |
ROOM |
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NET Notes: Mar 12:40 Grk “houses,” “households”; however, the term can have the force of “property” or “possessions” as wel...
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NET Notes: Mar 12:41 The offering box probably refers to the receptacles in the temple forecourt by the Court of Women used to collect freewill offerings. These are mentio...
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NET Notes: Mar 12:42 These two small copper coins were lepta (sing. “lepton”), the smallest and least valuable coins in circulation in Palestine, worth one-hal...
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NET Notes: Mar 12:43 Has put more into the offering box than all the others. With God, giving is weighed evaluatively, not counted. The widow was praised because she gave ...
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