Focused Passage

Mark 12:41-44

The Rejected Son, the Greatest Commandment, the Lord of David, and the Widow’s Offering

Mark 12 moves from the parable of the murderous tenants to hostile questions about taxes, resurrection, and the greatest commandment, then to Jesus' question about the Messiah as David's Lord, his warning against scribal hypocrisy, and his commendation of the poor widow's whole-life offering.

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41As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.

42Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.

43Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.

44For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 41

Original words

AsΚαὶG2532Conjunction[Jesus] was sittingκαθίσαςG2523Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularoppositeκατέναντιG2713PrepositiontheτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingulartreasuryγαζοφυλακίουG1049Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularHe watchedἐθεώρειG2334Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-πῶςG4459AdverbtheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularcrowdὄχλοςG3793Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularputtingβάλλειG906Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularmoneyχαλκὸνG5475Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularintoεἰςG1519Preposition-τὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Singular[it]γαζοφυλάκιονG1049Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularAndκαὶG2532ConjunctionmanyπολλοὶG4183Adjective - Nominative Masculine Pluralrich [people]πλούσιοιG4145Adjective - Nominative Masculine Pluralput inἔβαλλονG906Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plurallarge amountsπολλάG4183Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Verse 42

Original words

ThenκαὶG2532ConjunctiononeμίαG1520Adjective - Nominative Feminine SingularpoorπτωχὴG4434Adjective - Nominative Feminine SingularwidowχήραG5503Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularcameἐλθοῦσαG2064Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular[and] put [in]ἔβαλενG906Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulartwoδύοG1417Adjective - Accusative Neuter Pluralsmall copper coinsλεπτὰG3016Noun - Accusative Neuter PluralwhichG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singularamounted toἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singulara small fraction of a denariusκοδράντηςG2835Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular

BSB notes

  • Greek put in two lepta, which is a kodrantēs; a lepton was a Jewish coin of bronze or copper worth about 1/128 of a denarius.
Verse 43

Original words

-ΚαὶG2532Conjunction[Jesus] calledπροσκαλεσάμενοςG4341Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine SingularHisαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-τοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine Pluraldisciples {to Him}μαθητὰςG3101Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural[and] saidεἶπενG2036Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-αὐτοῖςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person PluralTrulyἈμὴνG281Hebrew WordI tellλέγωG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural-ὅτιG3754ConjunctionthisαὕτηG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular-G3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularpoorπτωχὴG4434Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular-G3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularwidowχήραG5503Noun - Nominative Feminine Singularhas putἔβαλενG906Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularmoreπλεῖονG4119Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparativethan allπάντωνG3956Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluraltheτῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Plural[others]βαλλόντωνG906Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine PluralintoεἰςG1519PrepositiontheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingulartreasuryγαζοφυλάκιονG1049Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Verse 44

Original words

ForγὰρG1063Conjunctionthey allπάντεςG3956Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralcontributedἔβαλονG906Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Pluralout ofἐκG1537PrepositiontheirαὐτοῖςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularsurplusπερισσεύοντοςG4052Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Neuter SingularbutδὲG1161ConjunctionsheαὕτηG3778Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singularout ofἐκG1537PrepositionherαὐτῆςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularpovertyὑστερήσεωςG5304Noun - Genitive Feminine Singularhas put [in]ἔβαλενG906Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularallπάνταG3956Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural. . .ὅσαG3745Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Pluralshe hadεἶχενG2192Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularvvvαὐτῆςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person SingularvvvὅλονG3650Adjective - Accusative Masculine SingularvvvτὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine Singularto live onβίονG979Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular

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