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Mark 12:42
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Then a poor widow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very little.
And there came a certaine poore widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny.
And a poor widow came and put in two lepta coins, which amount to a quadrans.
Then a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which were only worth a few cents.
A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a mite.
A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a cent.
And a poor widow came and put in two lepta, which amount to a quadrans.
Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
Finally, a poor widow came up and put in two coins that were worth only a few pennies.
but a poor widow came and put in two small coins.
And a poor widow came and cast in two mites, which is a farthing.
Then a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth less than a penny.
And there came a certaine poore widowe, & she threw in two mites, which make a quadrin.
And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two coins, which are farthings.
then a poor widow came along and dropped in two little copper coins, worth about a penny.
And one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins (that is, a penny).
And coming, one poor widow threw in two lepta (which is a kodrantes).
And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.
And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing.
A poor widow came, and she cast in two lepta, which make a quadrans.
Then a destitute widow came and dropped in two small copper coins, worth about a cent.
And there came a certain poor widow, and threw in two menin, which are a shemona. [fn]
And a poor widow came, and cast in two mites, which are a brass farthing.
And there came a certayne poore widdowe, & she threwe in two mites, which make a farthyng.
And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.
A poor widow came, and she cast in two lepta, which make a quadrans.
And a poor widow coming, cast in two mites, which make a farthing.
But there came one poor widow and dropped in two farthings, equal in value to a halfpenny.
But whanne a pore widewe was comun, sche keste two mynutis, that is, a ferthing.
And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two dollars.
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.
Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, [fn] which make a quadrans.
Then a poor widow came and dropped in two small coins.
A poor woman whose husband had died came by and gave two very small pieces of money.
A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny.
And there came, one destitute, widow, and cast in two mites, which are, a farthing.
And there came a certain poor widow: and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.
And a poor widow came, and put in two copper coins, which make a penny.
And ther cam a certayne povre widowe and she threwe in two mytes which make a farthynge.
and having come, a poor widow did put in two mites, which are a farthing.
And there came a poore wyddowe, and put in two mytes, which make a farthinge.
and there came a certain poor widow, who threw in two mites, to the value of a farthing.
but then a poor widow came and dropped in two small coins.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
two mites: "It is the seventh part of one piece of that brass money." Mark 12:42
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:4 - sum the silver Song of Solomon 8:1 - yea Matthew 10:42 - a cup Luke 12:59 - mite Luke 21:2 - mites 2 Corinthians 8:2 - their deep 2 Corinthians 8:12 - if
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And there came a certain poor widow,.... Among the many that came to offer their gifts freely, there came one that was particularly taken notice of by Christ; and she was a "widow", had no husband to provide for her, and was a "poor" one; had no substance left her by her husband to support her with; very likely she was an inhabitant of Jerusalem:
and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing; a "quadrant", which was the fourth part of the Roman assis, or farthing; which seems to be much the same with the τεταρτημοριον of the Greeks, which is said g to be,
"the fourth part of an obolus (the least Athenian coin), that is, two brass pieces.''
These mites seem to be the same with the "prutas", the Jews often speak of; who say h, that a "pruta" is the eighth part of an Italian farthing; though some make it to be the sixth: hence the Syriac version here renders it, "two menin, that is, eighths"; and the Jerusalem Talmud expressly says i, that, שני פרוטות קרדינטס, "two prutas make a quadrant", the very word here used: and that the Jews took the freewill offerings of the poor as well as the rich, though ever so little, is clear from this canon of theirs k;
"a poor man that gives a "pruta", or mite, into the alms dish, or a "pruta" into the poor's chest, they take it of him; but if he does not give, they do not oblige him to give.''
Nor were they obliged to cast into the treasury; but if they did, they received it, be it less or more: and indeed, the rich might throw in as little as they pleased: as for instance; into the chest for gold, they might throw in as little as the weight of a barley corn of gold; and into the chest for frankincense, as little as the weight of a barley corn of frankincense l. The Persic version here, different from all others, instead of "two mites", renders it, "two bottoms of thread", or "yarn".
g Harpocratian. Lexic. p. 281. h Misn. Kiddushin, c. 1. sect. 1. T. Hieros. Kiddushin, fol. 58. 4. T. Bab. Kiddushin, fol. 12. 1. Bava Metzin, fol. 44. 2. Maimon. Hilch. Shekalim, c. 1. sect. 3. i Kiddushi, fol. 58. 4. k Maimon. Hilch. Mattanot Anayim, c. 9. sect. 19. l Maimon. & Battenora in. Misn. Shekalim, c. 6. sect. 6.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Two mites - The word translated “mite” denotes a small coin made of brass - the smallest in use among the Jews. The precise value cannot now be easily estimated. It was much less than any coin we have, as the “farthing” was less than an English farthing. It was in value about three mills and a half, or one-third of a cent.
