Mark 12:43

12:43 He called his disciples and said to them, “I tell you the truth, ¹  this poor widow has put more into the offering box ²  than all the others. ³ 

Mark 14:5

14:5 It ⁴  could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins ⁵  and the money ⁶  given to the poor!” So ⁷  they spoke angrily to her.

Mark 14:7

14:7 For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me! ⁸ 

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¹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

² tn See the note on the term “offering box” in v. 41.

³ sn Has put more into the offering box than all the others. With God, giving is weighed evaluatively, not counted. The widow was praised because she gave sincerely and at some considerable cost to herself.

⁴ tn Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

⁵ tn Grk “three hundred denarii.” One denarius was the standard day’s wage, so the value exceeded what a laborer could earn in a year (taking in to account Sabbaths and feast days when no work was done).

⁶ tn The words “the money” are not in the Greek text, but are implied (as the proceeds from the sale of the perfumed oil).

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

⁸ tn In the Greek text of this clause, “me” is in emphatic position (the first word in the clause). To convey some impression of the emphasis, an exclamation point is used in the translation.