Mark 12:42
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.”
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“Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and having come, a poor widow did put in two mites, which are a farthing.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Mark 12:42 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Song of Solomon 8:1O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
- Matthew 10:42And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
- Luke 12:59I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
- Luke 21:2and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
- 2 Corinthians 8:2In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
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