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Mark 12:42 KJV
Mark · chapter 12 · verse 42
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.Mark 12:42 · King James Version
Mark 12:42 in context
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:
44For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- certainmiaonly one, someoneG3391 →
- widowchēraa widow, metaph. a city stripped of its inhabitants and riches is represented under the…G5503 →
- mitesleptonthin, small, a small brass coin, equivalent to the eighth part of an "as", worth about a…G3016 →
- cameerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- poorptōchosreduced to beggary, begging, asking alms, destitute of wealth, influence, position…G4434 →
- makeho estinwhich is, that isG3603 →
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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