Mark 12:42
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
KJV
καὶ ἐλθοῦσα μία χήρα πτωχὴ ἔβαλεν λεπτὰ δύο, ὅ ἐστιν κοδράντης.
Greek NT
Cum venisset autem vidua una pauper, misit duo minuta, quod est quadrans,
Vulgate
And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.
ASV
And there came a certain poor widow: and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
βάλλω
ballo
verb · 125×
δύο
duo
adjective · 132×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κοδράντης
kodrantes
noun · 2×
λεπτόν
lepton
noun · 3×
πτωχός
ptochos
adjective · 34×
χήρα
chera
noun · 26×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2444"The Church's love for the poor . . . is a part of her constant tradition." This love is inspired by the Gospel of the Beatitudes, of the poverty of Jesus, and of his concern for the poor.234 Love for the poor is even one of the motives for the duty of working so as to "be able to give to those in need."235 It extends not only to material poverty but also to the many forms of c…
1. There are many things characteristic of Christianity: but more than all, and better than all, Love towards one another, and Peace. Therefore Christ also says, My peace I give unto you. John 14:27 And again, By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you love one another. John 13:35 Therefore Paul too says, Follow peace with all men, and holiness, that is, purit…
Cross-references
- 2Cor 8:2 — How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
- 2Cor 8:12 — For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
- Luke 12:59 — I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
- Luke 21:2 — And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
- Matt 10:42 — And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.