Mark 12:32-44 ▼

32 The scribe said to Him, "Well, Teacher, Thou didst say truly that He is One, and there is not another beside Him;

33 and to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as himself, is much more than all the whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices."

34 And Jesus, seeing that he answered discreetly, said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." And no one any more dared to question Him.

35 And Jesus, answering, said, while teaching in the temple, "How do the scribes say that the Christ is David's Son?

36 David himself said in the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on My right hand, until I put Thy enemies underneath Thy feet.'

37 David himself calls Him Lord; and whence is He his Son?" And the great multitude heard Him gladly.

38 And in His teaching He said, "Beware of the scribes, who wish to walk about in long robes and have salutations in the marketplaces,

39 and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at the feasts;

40 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation."

41 And, haring taken a seat over against the treasury, He was beholding how the multitude cast money into the treasury; and many who were rich cast in much.

42 And one poor widow, coming, cast in two mites, which is a farthing.

43 And, calling to Him His disciples, He said to them, "Verily I say to you, this poor widow cast in more than all who are casting into the treasury;

44 for they all did cast in out of their abundance; but she out of her want cast in all that she had—her whole living."