Mark 5:40

5:40 And they began making fun of him. ¹  But he put them all outside ²  and he took the child’s father and mother and his own companions ³  and went into the room where the child was. ⁴ 

Mark 12:28

The Greatest Commandment

12:28 Now ⁵  one of the experts in the law ⁶  came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesus ⁷  answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”

Mark 12:43

12:43 He called his disciples and said to them, “I tell you the truth, ⁸  this poor widow has put more into the offering box ⁹  than all the others. ¹⁰ 

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¹ tn Grk “They were laughing at him.” The imperfect verb has been taken ingressively.

² tn Or “threw them all outside.” The verb used, ἐκβάλλω (ekballw), almost always has the connotation of force in Mark.

³ tn Grk “those with him.”

⁴ tn Grk “into where the child was.”

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

⁶ tn Or “One of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

⁹ tn See the note on the term “offering box” in v. 41.

¹⁰ 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.