Mark 12:41

And Jesus, sitting opposite the offertory box, considered the way in which the crowd cast coins into the offertory, and that many of the wealthy cast in a great deal.

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In The King James Version

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

In Context

40who devour the houses of widows under the pretense of long prayers. These shall receive the more extensive judgment.”

42But when one poor widow had arrived, she put in two small coins, which is a quarter.

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Cross References

2 Kings 12:9And the high priest, Jehoiada, took a certain chest, and he opened a hole in the top, and he placed it beside the altar, to the right of those who were entering the house of the Lord. And the priests who kept the doors put all the money in it which was being brought into the temple of the Lord.

Luke 21:1And looking around, he saw the wealthy putting their donations into the offertory.

Matthew Henry on Mark 12:36-41

Christ the Son and Lord of David. 35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David? 36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly. 38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love… Read the whole commentary →

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