Pentecost Season · Proper 27 · Year B
Mark 12:38-44
The Widow's Offering
November 7, 2027
Overview & Insights
"She out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on." (Mark 12:44)
Jesus warns against the scribes who seek honor and devour widows' houses, then contrasts them with a poor widow who puts two small coins into the temple treasury, giving out of her poverty everything she had.
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Commentary
Working Preacher: Commentary on Mark 12:38-44 Working Preacher
Lutheran lectionary commentary on the widow's offering for Year B, Proper 27.
Enduring Word: Mark 12 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.
Precept Austin: Mark 12 Commentary Precept Austin
Deep study page gathering many conservative commentators on Mark 12.
BibleHub: Commentaries on Mark 12:38 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the warning against the scribes and the widow's gift.
CEP: Mark 12:38-44 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed preaching commentary on true and false devotion in the temple for Proper 27.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Mark Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's scholarly introduction to Mark's structure and themes.
BibleProject: Gospel of Mark Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the message and structure of Mark's Gospel.
BibleHub: Mark 12 Interlinear BibleHub
Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of Mark 12.
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