Mark 12:36-44 ▼

36 For David himself said by the Holy Spirit: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make thy enemies thy footstool.

37 David himself, then, calls him Lord; and how is he his son? And the great multitude heard him with pleasure.

38 And he said to them in his teaching: Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in robes, and love salutations in the markets,

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

40 who eat up the houses of widows, and, as a pretext, make long prayers: these shall receive more abundant condemnation.

41 And Jesus, sitting opposite the treasury, observed how the multitude threw money into the treasury. And many rich persons threw in much.

42 And there came one poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

43 And he called his disciples to him, and said to them: Verily I say to you, this poor widow has thrown in more than all that have thrown into the treasury.

44 For all have thrown in out of their abundance; but she, out of her poverty, has thrown in all that she had, her whole living.