Mark 12:41

Easy To Read Version

Jesus sat near the temple money box {\cf2\super [178]} where people put their gifts. He watched the people put money in the box. Many rich people gave much money.

Cross References

2 Kings 12:9

So Jehoiada the priest took a box and made a hole in the top of it. Then Jehoiada put the box on the south side of the altar. This box was by the door where people came into the Lord’s temple. Some of the priests guarded the doorway [143] of the temple. Those priests took the money people had given to the Lord, and they put that money into that box.

Matthew 27:6

The leading priests picked up the silver coins in the temple. They said, “Our law does not allow us to keep this money with the temple money, because this money has paid for a man’s death.”

Mark 12:42

Then a poor widow {\cf2\super [179]} came and gave two very small copper coins. These coins were not even worth a penny.

John 8:20

Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the temple {\cf2\super [132]} area. He was near the place where all the people came to give money. But no person arrested him. The right time for Jesus had not yet come.