Mark 12:41

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jesus was sitting in the temple near the offering box and watching people put in their gifts. He noticed that many rich people were giving a lot of money.

Cross References

2 Kings 12:9

Jehoiada found a wooden box; he cut a hole in the top of it and set it on the right side of the altar where people went into the temple. Whenever someone gave money to the temple, the priests guarding the entrance would put it into this box.

Matthew 27:6

The chief priests picked up the money and said, “This money was paid to have a man killed. We can't put it in the temple treasury.”

Mark 12:42

Finally, a poor widow came up and put in two coins that were worth only a few pennies.

John 8:20

Jesus said this while he was still teaching in the place where the temple treasures were stored. But no one arrested him, because his time had not yet come.