Das Leben Jesu
The Widow's Mites
Jesus sits directly opposite the temple treasury and watches how people put money into it. Many rich people give large amounts. Then a poor widow comes and puts in two small coins. Jesus calls his disciples to him and says: 'Truly, I tell you: This poor widow has given more than all the others who put money into the temple treasury. For they all gave out of their surplus, but she gave out of her poverty—everything she had, all she had to live on.'
Markus 12,41-44
41Jesus sat down opposite the temple treasury and watched the crowd dropping their coins into it. Many rich people put in large amounts.
Καὶ ⸀καθίσας ⸀κατέναντι τοῦ γαζοφυλακίου ἐθεώρει πῶς ὁ ὄχλος βάλλει χαλκὸν εἰς τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον· καὶ πολλοὶ πλούσιοι ἔβαλλον πολλά·
42Then a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny.*
*The Greek says two lepta, the smallest coins in circulation, together equal to one quadrans, a Roman coin of very little value.
καὶ ἐλθοῦσα μία χήρα πτωχὴ ἔβαλεν λεπτὰ δύο, ὅ ἐστιν κοδράντης.
43He called his disciples to him and said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all the others who gave to the treasury.
καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ ⸀εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἡ χήρα αὕτη ἡ πτωχὴ πλεῖον πάντων ⸀ἔβαλεν τῶν βαλλόντων εἰς τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον·
44For they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in everything she owned—all she had to live on.
πάντες γὰρ ἐκ τοῦ περισσεύοντος αὐτοῖς ἔβαλον, αὕτη δὲ ἐκ τῆς ὑστερήσεως αὐτῆς πάντα ὅσα εἶχεν ἔβαλεν, ὅλον τὸν βίον αὐτῆς.
Lukas 21,1-4
1Looking up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury.
Ἀναβλέψας δὲ εἶδεν τοὺς βάλλοντας ⸂εἰς τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον τὰ δῶρα αὐτῶν⸃ πλουσίους.
2He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins,
εἶδεν δέ ⸀τινα χήραν πενιχρὰν βάλλουσαν ἐκεῖ ⸂λεπτὰ δύο⸃,
3and he said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.
καὶ εἶπεν· Ἀληθῶς λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἡ χήρα ⸂ἡ πτωχὴ αὕτη⸃ πλεῖον πάντων ἔβαλεν·
4For they all gave their gifts out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on."
⸀πάντες γὰρ οὗτοι ἐκ τοῦ περισσεύοντος αὐτοῖς ἔβαλον εἰς τὰ ⸀δῶρα, αὕτη δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ὑστερήματος αὐτῆς ⸀πάντα τὸν βίον ὃν εἶχεν ἔβαλεν.