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And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she ° of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

12:42 two mites. When Jesus sat to watch those who gave to the treasury, it was the last act of His public ministry. The record of the widow’s mites, with His commendation, has indeed borne great fruit through the centuries, so that she really did give more than all the rest (Mark 12:43). Jesus here enunciates the great truth that God measures a gift not by its amount but by its motive and the amount left ungiven.


12:42 farthing. See note on Matthew 5:26.


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