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Forγὰρthey allπάντεςput inἔβαλονout ofἐκtheir abundance,τοῦ περισσεύοντος αὐτοῖςbutδὲsheαὕτηout ofἐκher povertyτῆς ὑστερήσεως αὐτῆςput inἔβαλενall thatπάντα ὅσαshe had,εἶχενher wholeὅλονliving.”τὸν βίον αὐτῆς
Mark 12:44
Study it in the app“For they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole living.””
Jesus sees a poor widow give everything she hadGenerosity and Money
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Mark 12:44, word by word
- put inἔβαλονebalon
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “ebalon” appears- their abundanceπερισσεύοντοςperisseuontos
abound
To have plenty, and more and more.
Where else “perisseuontos” appears- her povertyὑστερήσεωςhysterēseōs
need, poverty
Poverty, need.
Where else “hysterēseōs” appears- she hadεἶχενeichen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “eichen” appears- her wholeὅλονholon
whole, all
Whole, entire, all.
Where else “holon” appears- livingβίονbion
livelihood
What one has to live on.
Where else “bion” appears
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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
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.
44 · This verse (above)
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?