Mark 12:42 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)42 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]. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176942 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition42 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. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)42 And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing. See the chapterCommon English Bible42 One poor widow came forward and put in two small copper coins worth a penny. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version42 But when one poor widow had arrived, she put in two small coins, which is a quarter. See the chapter |