Mark 12:42 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

A poor widow came and threw in two small copper coins [Note: These two coins each amounted to about ten minutes’ worth of a farm laborer’s pay, or about $1.50 in 2005]. The total she gave was equivalent to a larger coin [i.e., worth twice as much].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And a widow who was poverty-stricken came and put in two copper mites [the smallest of coins], which together make half of a cent.

American Standard Version (1901)

And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.

Common English Bible

One poor widow came forward and put in two small copper coins worth a penny.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But when one poor widow had arrived, she put in two small coins, which is a quarter.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And there came a certain poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.

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