Old Testament

Mark 12:41-44
The Poor Widow's Offering
41Jesus sat down opposite the offering box and was watching how the crowd put money into it. Many rich people put in large amounts. 42One poor widow came and put in two small bronze coins,[] worth less than a penny.[] 43He called his disciples together and said to them, “Amen I tell you: This poor widow put more into the offering box than all the others. 44For they all gave out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all that she had to live on.”

Footnotes

  • 12:42 Literally lepta. One lepton was a coin worth about 1/128 of an agricultural worker's daily wages.
  • 12:42 Literally quadrans. One quadrans was a coin worth about 1/64 of an agricultural worker's daily wages.