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Mark 12:41
New Catholic Bible
Mark 12:41
New Catholic Bible
41 The Poor Widow’s Offering.[a] As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury,[b] he watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many wealthy people put in large sums.
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- Mark 12:41 Jesus praises the offering of the poor widow because she gave more than all the others, although her gift was by far the smallest. She willingly gave out of her poverty (all that she had to live on), while the others gave out of their abundance. Therefore, she provides a striking contrast to the pride and pretentiousness of the scribes, who were denounced in the previous section.
- Mark 12:41 Treasury: a room with thirteen boxes, near the inner court of the temple, into which women could enter.
