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Mark 12:41 KJV
Mark · chapter 12 · verse 41
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.Mark 12:41 · King James Version
Mark 12:41 in context
39And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
40Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
41And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
42And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
43And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
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Key words (Strong's)
- treasurygazophylakiona repository of treasure, especially of public treasure, a treasuryG1049 →
- againstkatenantiover against, opposite before, metaph. before oneG2713 →
- beheldtheōreōto be a spectator, look at, behold, to view attentively, take a view of, survey, to view…G2334 →
- peopleochlosa crowd, a casual collection of people, a multitude of men who have flocked together in…G3793 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- moneychalkosbrass, what is made of brass, money, coins of brassG5475 →
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This passage of story was not in Matthew, but is here and in Luke; it is Christ's commendation of the poor widow, that cast two mites into the treasury, which our Saviour, busy as he was in preaching, found leisure to take notice of. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 41-44