Mark 12:38-44 ▼

38 As he taught, he said, |Beware of the scribes! They like to walk around in long robes, to be greeted in the marketplaces,

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

40 They devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. They will receive greater condemnation!|

41 As Jesus sat facing the offering box, he watched how the crowd was dropping their money into it. Many rich people were dropping in large amounts.

42 Then a destitute widow came and dropped in two small copper coins, worth about a cent.

43 He called his disciples and told them, |I tell all of you with certainty, this destitute widow has dropped in more than everyone who is contributing to the offering box,

44 because all of them contributed out of their surplus, but out of her poverty she has given everything she had to live on.|