Mark 12:42
Two mites - The word translated “mite” denotes a small coin made of brass - the smallest in use among the Jews. The precise value cannot now be e...
The Widow's Mites. After teaching in the court of the Gentiles, Jesus sat down near to the treasury in the court of the women. He watched those who...
a certain poor widow . one poor widow. threw . cast, as above, mites. Pl, of lepton . the small thin Jewish copper coin (from leptos = peele...
DISCOURSE: 1453 THE WIDOW’S MITE Mark 12:41-44 . And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury...
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
She threw in two mites, which make a farthing, &c.— Κοδραντης. This coin in value was no more than three-fourths of our farthing: wherefore the...
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. For the...
Various Incidents and Discourses in the Temple 1-12. The wicked husbandmen ( Matthew 21:33 ; Luke 20:9 ). See on Mt.
A (lit. 'one') poor widow ] cp. Matthew 21:18 : 'one fig tree.' Two mites ] lit. 'two lepta, which make a quadrans.' The lepton was a Gree...
CHAPTER 12:41-44 ( Mark 12:41-44 ) THE WIDOW'S MITE "And He sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the...
the First Commandment Mark 12:28-44 To the young ruler our Lord named one command as great-the love of one's neighbor. Now, in answer to this s...
In this parable of the vineyard the Lord very graphically sketched for those people their own national history, and condemned them thereby. "They per...
And there came a certain poor widow ,.... Among the many that came to offer their gifts freely, there came one that was particularly taken notice of...
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. Ver. 42. Two mites ] A mite is valued of our money to be...
Jesus sat over against the treasury “Jesus was now in the treasury, or that part of the women's court where the chests were placed for receiving th...
Christ Commendeth the Poor Widow. 41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and...
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The Poor Widow Who Gave More Than Everyone Else (12:41-44). In contrast with the greed of some of the Scribes ( Mark 12:40 ), and the love of mone...
‘And there came a poor widow, and she dropped in two mites which make a fraction of a penny (a cent or two).' And lastly there was a poor widow. No...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 12:41-44 (PARALLEL: Luke 21:1-4 .) A celebrated contribution .—The “collection” is generally consider...
Mark 12:41-44 The Widow's Gift. I. Look first at the giver; a widow and a poor widow. Sorrow often makes people selfish, but the benevolent donor...
Mark 12:12 . And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left hi...
Mark 12:1 . A certain man planted a vineyard. See on Matthew 20:1 . The idea conveys an enlarged view of its magnitude, conformably to what is sa...
And Jesus sat over against the treasury. The treasury test The lesson taught by this narrative is-man’s treatment of God’s treasury the true to...
EXPOSITION Mark 12:1 And he began to speak unto them in parables . This particular parable which follows was specially directed against t...
The Widow's Mite. Mark 12:41-44 .
42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites,c which make a farthing.