MARK 12:43 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:”
Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others — the calling of the disciples communicates that the widow's offering requires a formal teaching moment. The counterintuitive claim — she has put in more — requires the explanation that follows. More by what standard? The standard that the teaching will reveal: not the amount given but the proportion of the whole, not the gift's face value but its cost to the giver.
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