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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...
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CHAPTER 12
_ 1. The Parable of the Vineyard. (Mark 12:1 .Matthew 21:33; Luke
20:9)_
2. The Question concerning the Tribute Money. (Mark 1
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THE WIDOW'S MITES. After teaching in the court of the Gentiles, Jesus
sat down near to the treasury in the court of the women. He watched
those who came to contribute. As (a poor widow) brought her la...
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REJECTION AND RETRIBUTION (Mark 12:1-12)...
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When Jesus had sat down opposite the treasury, he was watching how the
crowd threw their money into the treasury, and many rich people threw
in large sums. A poor widow woman came and threw in two mit...
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A CERTAIN POOR WIDOW. one poor widow.
THREW. cast, as above,
MITES. Pl, of _lepton_. the small thin Jewish copper coin (from
_leptos =_ peeled, or pared down). Occ only here, and Luke 12:59; Luke
21...
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_a certain poor widow_ One of the helpless class which He had just
described as _devoured_by the extortion of the Scribes and Pharisees.
In three words St Mark presents to us a picture of her desolati...
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ΜΊΑ ΧΉΡΑ ΠΤΩΧΉ. The use of εἷς for τις, common
enough in modern Greek, had begun before this period, and this may be
an instance; Lk. has τινα. On the other hand, μία may point to
her loneliness; it c...
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41–44. THE WIDOW’S TWO MITES
Luke 21:1-4...
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Ver 41. And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the
people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in
much. 42. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in...
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_JESUS TEACHING IN THE TEMPLE -- MARK 12:35-44:_ The Jews had to admit
that Jesus was a descendant of David according to the flesh. However,
they denied that He was divine or related to him in any spi...
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DISCOURSE: 1453
THE WIDOW’S MITE
Mark 12:41. And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how
the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast
in much. And there came a cer...
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SHE THREW IN TWO MITES, WHICH MAKE A FARTHING, &C.—
Κοδραντης. This coin in value was no more than three-fourths
of our farthing: wherefore the offering given by this poor widow was
very small in itse...
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_SUMMARY 11:1 TO 12:44_
In this section the historian has presented only one miracle, that of
withering the barren fig-tree. The section is chiefly taken up with
conversations and speeches, in which s...
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9. THE POOR WIDOW AND HER OFFERING 12:41-44
_TEXT 12:41-44_
And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the
multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast
in much...
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And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people
cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 21:1....
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18 Now that He has answered the hardest question of the Pharisees and
Herodians, the Sadducees bring Him their best argument against the
truth of resurrection. There is the constant tendency, even amo...
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12:42 farthing. (f-14) _ Kodrantes_ , as Matthew 5:26 ....
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A (lit. 'one') POOR WIDOW] cp. Matthew 21:18 : 'one fig tree.'
TWO MITES] lit. 'two _lepta,_ which make a quadrans.' The _lepton_ was
a Greek coin, the smallest in circulation, equivalent to of a
_de...
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VARIOUS INCIDENTS AND DISCOURSES IN THE TEMPLE
1-12. The wicked husbandmen (Matthew 21:33; Luke 20:9). See on Mt....
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CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL
_KEITH SIMONS_
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CHAPTER 12
THE GARDEN AND THE CRUEL WORKERS
VERSES 1-12
A servant does his work on behalf...
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CHAPTER 12:41-44 (MARK 12:41)
THE WIDOW'S MITE
"And He sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the
multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast
in much. And there c...
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_The widow's offering_ (Luke 21:1-4). This charming story comes in
with dramatic effect, after the repulsive picture of the greedy
praying scribe. The reference to the widows victimised by the
hypocri...
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μία χ. π., _one_ poverty-stricken widow. With what intense
interest Jesus would watch her movements, after His eye fell on her!
How much will _she_ give? λεπτὰ δύο, “two mites”; minute,
of course, but...
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THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
Mark 12:28-44
To the young ruler our Lord named one command as great-the love of
one's neighbor. Now, in answer to this scribe, he turned with unerring
choice, first to Deutero...
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In this parable of the vineyard the Lord very graphically sketched for
those people their own national history, and condemned them thereby.
"They perceived that He spake the parable against them." The...
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CHAPTER 19
THE WIDOW'S MITE
Luke 21:1-4; Mark 12:41-44. “Jesus, sitting in front of the
treasury, was seeing how the multitude cast their money into the
treasury. And one poor widow, having come, cas...
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The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of
chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about
to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...
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The Lord afterwards gives the substance of the whole law, as the
principle of blessing between the creature and God, and that which
formed the touchstone for the heart in the rejection of Christ. I sa...
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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...
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And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which
make a farthing.
Ver. 42. _Two mites_] A mite is valued of our money to be three parts
of one cent. (Godw. Ant.) Her mite could...
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_Jesus sat over against the treasury_ “Jesus was now in the
treasury, or that part of the women's court where the chests were
placed for receiving the offerings of those who came to worship. These
che...
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TWO MITES; a very small sum....
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AND THERE CAME A CERTAIN POOR WIDOW, AND SHE THREW IN TWO MITES, WHICH
MAKE A FARTHING....
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THE WIDOW'S MITE. Mark 12:41....
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(This is done near the close of the service as a follow-up to the
sermon.)
1. Pass out cards - 4X6 card with “Present” and “Future” and a
box under each word.
2. Instructions
1. Do not write your n...
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MITES:
It is the seventh part of one piece of that brass money...
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41-44 Let us not forget that Jesus still sees the treasury. He knows
how much, and from what motives, men give to his cause. He looks at
the heart, and what our views are, in giving alms; and whether...
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SEE POOLE ON "MARK 12:41...
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Instructions of Commodianus
In the treasury, besides, thou oughtest to give of thy labour, even as
that widow whom the Anointed One preferred.[21]
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book III
And Chr...
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Mark 12:42 Then G2532 one G3391 poor G4434 widow G5503 came G2064
(G5631) in G906 (G5627) two...
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‘And there came a poor widow, and she dropped in two mites which
make a fraction of a penny (a cent or two).'
And lastly there was a poor widow. No one apart from Jesus noticed the
poor woman who crep...
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THE POOR WIDOW WHO GAVE MORE THAN EVERYONE ELSE (12:41-44).
In contrast with the greed of some of the Scribes (Mark 12:40), and
the love of money of the rich young man (Mark 10:22), we now have
drawn...
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Mark 12:42. AND ONE POOR WIDOW. ‘One' in contrast with the ‘many'
just spoken of, not without a suggestion of her loneliness. Possibly
this widow was ‘poor,' because her house had been ‘devoured' (Mar...
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Mark 12:41-44. _The Widow's Mites._ Comp. Luke 21:1-4....
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ONE POOR WIDOW
(μια χηρα πτωχη). Luke has πενιχρα, a poetical late
form of πενης. In the N.T. the πτωχος is the pauper rather
than the mere peasant, the extreme opposite of the rich
(πλουσιο). The...
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Mark 12:41
The Widow's Gift.
I. Look first at the giver; a widow and a poor widow. Sorrow often
makes people selfish, but the benevolent donor in the case before us
was a widow.
II. Look next at the...
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Mark 12:12. _And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the
people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and
they left him, and went their way._
Christ's enemies could not i...
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CONTENTS: Parable of householder demanding fruit from his vineyards.
The tribute question. Jesus answers the Sadducees. The great
commandments. The widow's mite.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Caesa...
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Mark 12:1. _A certain man planted a vineyard._ See on Matthew 20:1.
The idea conveys an enlarged view of its magnitude, conformably to
what is said in Psalms 80. and Isaiah 5.
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THEN A POOR WIDOW CAME ALONG. In the world in which Jesus lived,
widows had almost no job opportunities, and so were extremely poor.
TWO LITTLE COPPER COINS. The very smallest of the Jewish coins,
tog...
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_And Jesus sat over against the treasury._
THE TREASURY TEST
The lesson taught by this narrative is-man’s treatment of God’s
treasury the true touchstone of piety.
I. God has a treasury in His churc...
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THE WIDOW'S MITES [COINS]
And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a
farthing. Mark 12:42.
Three days before His crucifixion Jesus paid His last visit to the
Temple. He sat...
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MARK—NOTE ON MARK 12:42 The SMALL COPPER COINS were worth about
1/128th of a denarius, which was a day’s wage for a laborer.
⇐...
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A POOR WIDOW GIVES ALL SHE HAS MARK 12:41-44; LUKE 21:1-4; MARK 12:41
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people
cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in m...
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CHAPTER 12 1 _The parable of the vineyard_. 13 _Touching the paying of
tribute_. 18 _The Sadducees confuted_. 35 _A difficulty proposed to
the scribes._ VER. 1 _. Planted a vineyard._ Gr.
_ε̉φύτευσεν_...
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_A certain poor widow cast in two mites_, _which make a farthing._ Not
as if one mite made a farthing, as Euthymius understands, relying on
Matthew 5:26. But two mites were equivalent to one farthing,...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 12:41_
(PARALLEL: Luke 21:1.)
_A celebrated contribution_.—The “collection” is generally
considered to be commonplace. Jesus, in this passage, clothed it with...
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EXPOSITION
MARK 12:1
AND HE BEGAN TO SPEAK UNTO THEM IN PARABLES. This particular parable
which follows was specially directed against the scribes and
Pharisees; but it was uttered in the presence o...
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Mark's gospel, chapter 12.
Now we remember that Jesus is in the temple. This is the day after He
had cleansed it again. It is on Tuesday. It is His final week. Sunday
He had made His triumphant entry...
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Mark 12:42...
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A certain [μ ι α]. Not a good translation. Lit., one as
distinguished from the many rich. Better, simply the indefinite
article, as Rev. Poor [π τ ω χ η]. See on Matthew 5:3.
Mites [λ ε π τ α]. From...