Mark 12:32-44 ▼

32 And the scribe said to Him, “Well, Teacher, in truth You have spoken that there is one God, and there is none other but He;

33 and to love Him out of all the heart, and out of all the understanding, and out of all the soul, and out of all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as one’s self, is more than all the whole burnt-offerings and the sacrifices.”

34 And Jesus, having seen him that he answered with understanding, said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God”; and no one dared question Him anymore.

35 And Jesus answering said, teaching in the temple, “How do the scribes say that the Christ is son of David?

36 For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The LORD said to my Lord, || Sit on My right hand, || Until I place Your enemies—Your footstool;

37 therefore David himself calls Him Lord, and from where is He his son?” And the great multitude were hearing Him gladly,

38 and He was saying to them in His teaching, “Beware of the scribes who will to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

39 and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches at the banquets,

40 who are devouring the widows’ houses, and for a pretense are making long prayers; these will receive more abundant judgment.”

41 And Jesus having sat down opposite the treasury, was beholding how the multitude puts brass into the treasury, and many rich were putting in much,

42 and having come, a poor widow put in two mites, which are a penny.

43 And having called near His disciples, He says to them, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those putting into the treasury;

44 for all, out of their abundance, put in, but she, out of her want, put in all that she had—all her living.”