Mark 12:35–44 · BSB
12:35
While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?
12:36
Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
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12:37
David himself calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?” And the large crowd listened to Him with delight.
12:38
In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,
12:39
and to have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
12:40
They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
12:41
As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
12:42
Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
12:43
Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.
12:44
For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
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