Mark 12:43 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And he called {unto him} his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:”

Mark 12:43

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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. {money: a piece of brass money}

And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. {mites: it is the seventh part of one piece of that brass money}

And he called {unto him} his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:

For all {they} did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, {even} all her living.

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Mark 12:1

"And he began to speak unto them by parables. A {certain} man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about {it}, and digged {a place for} the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country."

Mark 12:2

"And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard."

Mark 12:3

"And they caught {him}, and beat him, and sent {him} away empty."

Mark 12:4

"And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded {him} in the head, and sent {him} away shamefully handled."

Mark 12:5

"And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some."

Mark 12:6

"Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son."

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