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Time after Pentecost · Proper 27 · Year B

Mark 12:38-44

The Greatest Commandment

November 7, 2027

Das Scherflein der Witwe (The Widow's Mite), Ignaz Dullinger
Das Scherflein der Witwe (The Widow's Mite), Ignaz Dullinger, 1836Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, formerly Kunsthistorisches Museum
The temple treasury, the rich making their offerings, and one widow putting in two coins.She out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.Ignaz DullingerDullinger, a Viennese painter of the 1830s, working in the older religious manner.Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, formerly Kunsthistorisches MuseumThe Belvedere, Vienna.Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, formerly Kunsthistorisches Museum
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMark 12:38-44Mk 12:38-44
EpistleHeb. 9:24-28Heb 9:24-28
Old Testament1 Kings 17:8-161 Kgs 17:8-16
PsalterPs. 146Ps 146

Overview & Insights

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength." (Mark 12:30)

A scribe asks Jesus which commandment is first of all, and Jesus answers by joining love of God from the Shema with love of neighbor, telling the scribe who agrees that he is not far from the kingdom of God.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Mark 12:38-44Working Preacher: Commentary on Mk 12:38-44 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on the widow's offering.

Enduring Word: Mark 12Enduring Word: Mk 12 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: Mark 12 CommentaryPrecept Austin: Mk 12 Commentary Precept Austin

Study page gathering many conservative commentators on Mark 12.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Mark 12:38BibleHub: Commentaries on Mk 12:38 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the warning against the scribes.

StudyLight: Mark 12 CommentariesStudyLight: Mk 12 Commentaries StudyLight

Many complete commentaries on Mark 12 gathered on one passage page.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Gospel of Mark OverviewBibleProject: Gospel of Mk Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the whole Gospel of Mark's design and message.

BibleHub: Mark 12 InterlinearBibleHub: Mk 12 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of Mark 12.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Mark 12Catena: Mk 12 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Mark 12.

Worship & Prayers

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Podcast

Working Preacher: Sermon Brainwave Podcast Working Preacher

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Art & Music

Vanderbilt: Revised Common Lectionary Art Index Vanderbilt

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Study Hub

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