If only I could treat you like my brother, one who nursed at my mother’s breasts, I would find you in public and kiss you, and no one would scorn me.
Mark 12:42 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then a poor widow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very little. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
If only I could treat you like my brother, one who nursed at my mother’s breasts, I would find you in public and kiss you, and no one would scorn me.
And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, , truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.’
Truly I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny.
Sitting opposite the temple treasury, he watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich people were putting in large sums.
Summoning his disciples, he said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.
I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny.’ ,
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
During a severe trial brought about by affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.