Mark 12:35-44 ▼

35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

36 Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.” ’

37 David himself calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son? And the large crowd listened to Him with delight.

38 In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,

39 and to have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

40 They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.

41 As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.

42 Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.

43 Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.

44 For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.