Mark 12:35-44

35While Jesus was teaching in the temple courtyard, he asked, “How can the experts in Moses’ Teachings say that the Messiah is David’s son?

36David, guided by the Holy Spirit, said, ‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Take the honored position—the one next to me [God the Father] on the heavenly throne— until I put your enemies under your control.” ’

37David calls him Lord. So how can he be his son?” The large crowd enjoyed listening to him.

38As he taught, he said, “Watch out for the experts in Moses’ Teachings! They like to walk around in long robes, to be greeted in the marketplaces,

39and to have the front seats in synagogues and the places of honor at dinners.

40They rob widows by taking their houses and then say long prayers to make themselves look good. The experts in Moses’ Teachings will receive the most severe punishment.”

41As Jesus sat facing the temple offering box, he watched how ⌞much⌟ money people put into it. Many rich people put in large amounts.

42A poor widow dropped in two small coins, worth less than a cent.

43He called his disciples and said to them, “I can guarantee this truth: This poor widow has given more than all the others.

44All of them have given what they could spare. But she, in her poverty, has given everything she had to live on.”