Mark 12
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Mark 12:35-44

35WhileG2532 Jesus was teachingG1321 inG1722 theG3588 templeG2411 courts,1 He askedG2036, “HowG4459 can theG3588 scribesG1122 sayG3004 thatG3754 theG3588 ChristG5547 isG1510 the SonG5207 of DavidG1138? 36Speaking byG1722 theG3588 HolyG40 SpiritG4151, DavidG1138 himselfG846 declaredG2036:

‘The LordG2962 saidG2036 toG3588 myG1473 LordG2962,“SitG2521 atG1537 MyG1473 right handG1188untilG2193G302 I putG5087 YourG4771 enemiesG2190underG5270G3588 YourG4771 feetG4228.”’2

37DavidG1138 himselfG846 callsG3004 HimG846 ‘LordG2962.’ SoG2532 howG4159 can He beG1510 David’s sonG5207?”

AndG2532 theG3588 largeG4183 crowdG3793 listenedG191 to HimG846 with delightG2234.

38InG1722 HisG846 teachingG1322 Jesus also saidG2532G2036, “Watch outG991 forG575 theG3588 scribesG1122. They likeG2309 to walk aroundG4043 inG1722 long robesG4749, to receive greetingsG783 inG1722 theG3588 marketplacesG58, 39andG2532 to have the chief seatsG4410 inG1722 theG3588 synagoguesG4864 andG2532 the places of honorG4411 atG1722 banquetsG1173. 40TheyG3588 defraudG2719 widowsG5503 of their housesG3614,3 andG2532 for a showG4392 make lengthy prayersG4336G3117. TheseG3778 men will receiveG2983 greaterG4053 condemnationG2917.”

41AsG2532 Jesus was sittingG2523 oppositeG2713 theG3588 treasuryG1049, He watchedG2334 theG3588 crowdG3793 puttingG906 moneyG5475 intoG1519 it. AndG2532 manyG4183 richG4145 people put inG906 large amountsG4183. 42ThenG2532 oneG1520 poorG4434 widowG5503 cameG2064 and putG906 in twoG1417 small copper coinsG3016, whichG3739 amounted toG1510 a small fraction of a denariusG2835.4

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Jesus calledG4341 HisG846 disciples to HimG3101 and saidG2036, “TrulyG281 I tellG3004 youG4771, thisG3778 poorG4434 widowG5503 has putG906 moreG4119 than allG3956 theG3588 others intoG1519 theG3588 treasuryG1049. 44ForG1063 they allG3956 contributedG906 out ofG1537 theirG846 surplusG4052, butG1161 sheG3778 out ofG1537 herG846 povertyG5304 has putG906 in allG3956G3745 she hadG2192 to live onG846G3650G3588G979.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Mark 12:35 Literally the temple ↩
  2. 2. Mark 12:36 Psalm 110:1 ↩
  3. 3. Mark 12:40 Literally They devour widows’ houses ↩
  4. 4. Mark 12:42 Greek put in two lepta, which is a kodrantēs; a lepton was a Jewish coin of bronze or copper worth about 1/128 of a denarius. ↩

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