# Mark 12.40

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**Book:** [Mark](/codex/mark/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 38. And in his teaching he said, <span class="rl-speech">Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and to have salutations in the marketplaces,</span> 39. <span class="rl-speech">and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts:</span>
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> **40. <span class="rl-speech">they that devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.</span>**
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> 41. 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. 42. And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing. (Mark 12:38-42, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 38. In his teaching he said to them, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces, 39. and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts:
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> **40. those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”**
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> 41. Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much. 42. A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin. (Mark 12:38-42, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 38. And he said unto them in his doctrine, <span class="rl-speech">Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,</span> 39. <span class="rl-speech">And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:</span>
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> **40. <span class="rl-speech">Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.</span>**
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> 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. <sup>money: a piece of brass money</sup> 42. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. <sup>mites: it is the seventh part of one piece of that brass money</sup> (Mark 12:38-42, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 38. <span class="rl-speech">and he was saying to them in his teaching, 'Beware of the scribes, who will in long robes to walk, and love salutations in the market-places,</span> 39. <span class="rl-speech">and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in suppers,</span>
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> **40. <span class="rl-speech">who are devouring the widows' houses, and for a pretence are making long prayers; these shall receive more abundant judgment.'</span>**
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> 41. And Jesus having sat down over-against the treasury, was beholding how the multitude do put brass into the treasury, and many rich were putting in much, 42. and having come, a poor widow did put in two mites, which are a farthing. (Mark 12:38-42, YLT)

## Setting

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- **Audience:** _TBD_
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- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Mark 12](/codex/mark-12/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.