Mark 12:41
The Widow’s Offering Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.
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- John 8:20 : 20 (Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)
- 2 Kgs 12:9 : 9 Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid. He placed it on the right side of the altar near the entrance of the LORD’s temple. The priests who guarded the entrance would put into it all the silver brought to the LORD’s temple.
- Luke 21:1-4 : 1 The Widow’s Offering Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box. 2 He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. 3 He said,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. 4 For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.”
- Matt 27:6 : 6 The chief priests took the silver and said,“It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”
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1The Widow’s Offering Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.
2He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
3He said,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.
4For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.”
5The Signs of the End of the Age Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,
- Mark 12:42-443 verses86%
42And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.
43He called his disciples and said to them,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.
44For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had.”
- Mark 12:38-403 verses77%
38Warnings About Experts in the Law In his teaching Jesus also said,“Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,
39and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
40They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment.”
- Mark 10:21-255 verses75%
21As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said,“You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
22But at this statement, the man looked sad and went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.
23Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples,“How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
24The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them,“Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
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22When Jesus heard this, he said to him,“One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
23But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was extremely wealthy.
24When Jesus noticed this, he said,“How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
25In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
- Luke 12:15-162 verses74%
15Then he said to them,“Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
16He then told them a parable:“The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,
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21So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”
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5“Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”
6(Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)
7So Jesus said,“Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.
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22But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.
23Then Jesus said to his disciples,“I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!
24Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.”
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14More Warnings about the Pharisees The Pharisees(who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.
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47They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment.”
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15Cleansing the Temple Then they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,
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12Cleansing the Temple Then Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts, and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.
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1The Parable of the Clever Steward Jesus also said to the disciples,“There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.
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2Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.
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5It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her.
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41But give from your heart to those in need, and then everything will be clean for you.
- Luke 12:33-342 verses70%
33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out– a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
34For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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15But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them,“Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”
16So they brought one, and he said to them,“Whose image is this, and whose inscription?” They replied,“Caesar’s.”
17Then Jesus said to them,“Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were utterly amazed at him.
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10When they saw the chest was full of silver, the royal secretary and the high priest counted the silver that had been brought to the LORD’s temple and bagged it up.
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20Then he looked up at his disciples and said:“Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.
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2The rich man had a great many flocks and herds.
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11Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. And after looking around at everything, he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late.
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19The Rich Man and Lazarus“There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
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9It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!”
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41“A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty.
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9Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.