The Widow’s Offering
Mark 12:42
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.Greek put in two lepta, which is a kodrantēs; a lepton was a Jewish coin of bronze or copper worth about 1/128 of a denarius.
- KJV
- And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
- WEB
- A poor widow came and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.literally, lepta (or widow’s mites). Lepta are very small brass coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker’s daily wages.A quadrans is a coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
- ASV
- And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.
- LSV
- and having come, a poor widow put in two mites, which are a penny.
- YLT
- and having come, a poor widow did put in two mites, which are a farthing.
- DBY
- And a poor widow came and cast in two mites, which is a farthing.
- DRC
- And there came a certain poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.
- GNV
- And there came a certaine poore widowe, and she threw in two mites, which make a quadrin.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἐλθοῦσα μία χήρα πτωχὴ ἔβαλεν λεπτὰ δύο, ὅ ἐστιν κοδράντης.
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἐλθοῦσα μία χήρα πτωχὴ ἔβαλεν λεπτὰ δύο, ὅ ἐστιν κοδράντης.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἐλθοῦσα μία χήρα πτωχὴ ἔβαλε λεπτὰ δύο, ὅ ἐστι κοδράντης.
- SCR1894
- και ελθουσα μια χηρα πτωχη εβαλεν λεπτα δυο ο εστιν κοδραντης
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