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Andκαὶoneμίαpoorπτωχὴwidowχήραcameἐλθοῦσαand put inἔβαλενtwoδύοlepta,λεπτὰwhichὅisἐστινa quadrans.κοδράντης
Mark 12:42
Study it in the app“And one poor widow came and put in two lepta, which is a quadrans.”
Jesus sees a poor widow give everything she hadGenerosity and Money
With the Greek beneath
Mark 12:42, word by word
- oneμίαmia
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “mia” appears- poorπτωχὴptōchē
poor
Someone who has nothing to live on.
Where else “ptōchē” appears- widowχήραchēra
widow
Widow.
Where else “chēra” appears- cameἐλθοῦσαelthousa
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “elthousa” appears- and put inἔβαλενebalen
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “ebalen” appears- twoδύοdyo
two
Two.
Where else “dyo” appears- leptaλεπτὰlepta
lepton, small coin
Lepton: the smallest coin.
Where else “lepta” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- a quadransκοδράντηςkodrantēs
quadrans, penny
Quadrans: the Roman coin of least value.
Where else “kodrantēs” appears
Translation note
The lepton was the smallest coin; the quadrans, a Roman coin, was worth a sixty-fourth of a denarius.
Parallel passages
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Mark 12:41-44
41And sitting down opposite the treasury, he was watching how the crowd puts copper coins into the treasury. And many rich people were putting in much. 42And one poor widow came and put in two lepta, which is a quadrans. 43And summoning his disciples, he said to them, “Truly I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting into the treasury. 44For they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole living.”
1And looking up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury. 2And he saw a certain poor widow putting in there two lepta. 3And he said, “I tell you truly that this poor widow put in more than all of them; 4for all these put in as gifts out of what was left over to them, but she, out of her poverty, put in all the living that she had.”
The context
41And sitting down opposite the treasury, he was watching how the crowd puts copper coins into the treasury. And many rich people were putting in much.
42 · This verse (above)
43And summoning his disciples, he said to them, “Truly I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting into the treasury.
To study Mark 12 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jesus answer about paying tribute to Caesar (vv. 15–17)?
2. What it means
Why did Jesus say the poor widow put in more than all the others (vv. 41–44)?
3. How I live it
Jesus said the first commandment is to love the Lord, and the second to love your neighbor (vv. 29–31). How will you make this concrete today?