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Hello everyone. 
Welcome back to logical Bible 

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study. 
I hope you're enjoying learning 

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new things about the gospel of 
Mark, and we're continuing in 

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the gospel of Mark today. 
So we'll look at the text of 

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chapter. 12, verses 38 to 44, So
if you have your Bible, grab it 

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out and let's take a look at the
text and then we'll have a go at

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pulling the text apart and 
seeing what it means in its 

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original context, what might the
literal sense be? 

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So, Mark chapter 12 verses 38 to
44. 

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In his teaching, Jesus said, 
Beware of the scribes who like 

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to walk about in Long robes to 
be greeted obses curiously in 

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the market squares, to take the 
front seats in the synagogues 

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and the places of honor at 
Banquets, these are the men who 

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swallow the property of widows 
while making a show of lengthy 

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prayers. 
The more severe will be the 

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sentence they receive. 
He sat down opposite the 

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treasury and watched the people 
putting money into the treasury 

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and many of the rich put in a 
great deal. 

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Oh, poor Widow came and put in 
two, small coins, the equivalent

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of a penny, then he called his 
disciples and said to them, I 

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tell you solemnly, this poor 
Widow has put in more than all 

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who have contributed to the 
treasury. 

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For they have all put in money. 
They had over but she from the 

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little she had has put in 
everything she possessed all she

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had to live on. 
So what's been happening? 

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Just prior to this. 
So Jesus has been in the temple.

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It's the last week of his life. 
He's been arguing with the 

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Pharisees and the Sadducees and 
the scribes and they've all been

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trying to trap him. 
There's a big crowd of people 

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watching and his just taught 
them about the relationship 

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between the Messiah and David. 
And now, we get here to verse 

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38. 
It says, in his teaching. 

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So we're talking about in the 
temple here, this probably on 

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the same day, and Jesus is now 
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To the crowd, he says, Beware of
the scribes. 

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So, scribes were like the 
professional law theologians, 

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they understood the law very 
well and their job was to teach 

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people the law particularly in 
Jerusalem, there was a lot of 

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scribes. 
They were some of the most 

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highest ranking people in Jewish
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Their word was considered to 
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whatever the scribes said. 
Basically people trust him Now 

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Matthews version of this scene 
is a little longer. 

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So if you look at Matthew 
chapter 23, it tells us that 

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Jesus is not just talking about 
the scribes. 

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He actually is talking about the
Pharisees as well. 

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Now, why would Marc leave that 
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Will possibly because already in
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told the apostles to be aware of
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We see that in 8:15, so maybe 
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the Pharisees a break maybe and 
just make the focus. 

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Of this particular part 
describes, although it would 

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appear that in, if we add in 
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comments are about both the 
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Now, as we go, it's important to
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people to just avoid the scribes
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Don't talk to them. 
Don't listen to them because 

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he's praised them. 
In verse 24 earlier here, he 

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actually praised one of them. 
But rather, what he's saying 

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here is that he wants a Jewish 
crowd to avoid their conduct to 

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not be like them. 
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He says, they like to walk about
in Long robes. 

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So Matthews version says it's 
he's talking about tassels 

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specifically. 
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be the religious part of Jewish 
clothing and they, particularly 

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represented the Jewish 
responsibility to keep the 

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Commandments. 
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15 verses 38 to 39, the 
Commandment to wear long tassels

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is associated with being 
exceptionally religious, and the

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Pharisees and the scribes had 
their clothes specially designed

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to have long tassels. 
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quite religious people. 
Jesus goes on, they like to be 

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greeted of secular SLI in the 
marketplaces. 

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It's an interesting translation,
but it basically means to be 

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saluted or to have sell you 
tations in the marketplace. 

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They expected everyone to give 
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marketplace because of their 
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And we know from history that 
people were expected to actually

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stand up whenever they ascribe 
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That was the level of respect. 
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of the scribes. 
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front seats in the synagogues. 
So the scribes were deliberately

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go out of their way to sit at 
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various towns. 
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would know how important they 
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And also the front seats were 
directly in front of the arc 

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which contains the sacred 
Scrolls, so they're like to show

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themselves as religious by 
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And they take the places of 
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And certainly the presence of a 
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would be considered to be an 
ornament to the feast and they 

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like to play that up. 
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people to give them attention 
and homage they're more 

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interested in being served 
rather than serving the Jewish 

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people which is not good as 
leaders. 

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And that's why Jesus spends 
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In the gospels, telling the 
apostles that when they end up 

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being the leaders of his church,
he doesn't want them to be Like 

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the Pharisees and the scribes 
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rather serve people, he wants 
servant leadership, which is the

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opposite of what the scribes and
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Verse 40, he continues. 
These are them who swallow the 

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property of widows. 
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receive payment for teaching. 
They couldn't get people to pay 

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them for their services. 
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So they're basically had to rely
on private donations and they 

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framed it in such a way where 
they encourage people to donate 

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to them. 
And because it was considered to

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be a meritorious Act of piety to
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The had all sorts of other ways.
If charging excessive legal fees

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to people who consulted them for
their legal services and that 

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certainly would reflect Jesus 
view of the temple as had 

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becoming a den of Thieves. 
By the time he gets there in 

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chapter 11. 
Why does it mention widows here?

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They swallow the property of 
widows. 

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Well, we do is were quite poor 
in that culture, and it's 

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possible that widows would fall 
for the crafty words of the 

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scribes, and they would end up 
giving a lot of their money to 

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the scribes because they thought
that they were doing, In a 

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religious thing, and they didn't
have a whole lot of money, so 

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they ended up giving pretty much
all that they had to these 

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scribes. 
So that's what Jesus means 

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about. 
They swallow the property of 

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widows or Devour the property. 
Interestingly, just after this 

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were about to see an example of 
a real Widow coming to do 

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something with her money. 
So, Mark, probably deliberately 

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mentions the widow part of Jesus
speech here because we're about 

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to see a widow. 
Jesus continues. 

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He says they make a show of 
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making long prayers the scribes 
could make themselves appear 

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more. 
Holy the problem is not the 

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length of their prayers Jesus 
isn't condemning long prayers 

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here. 
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intent of the scribes when they 
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He then says this, which is 
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The more severe will be the 
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This is probably a reference to 
Eternal punishment about what's 

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going to happen to them on 
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We know that a teaching of Jesus
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responsibility will have greater
accountability for their actions

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on Judgment Day. 
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position of responsibility to 
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people and in fact instead they 
have been selfish and they have 

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abused their position. 
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receive a harsh condemnation on 
Judgment Day that warning should

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apply to all religious teachers 
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If you're in a position of 
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looking after people god holds 
those people to a have a high 

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level of accountability. 
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are teachers that some will 
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others on Judgment Day. 
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Jesus sternness words are kept 
for those who abuse religion for

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personal gain or human praise. 
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trying to seek God to stumble. 
That's the group that Jesus has 

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the biggest problem with those 
who should be leading people to 

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God, but are instead leading 
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Now, in Matthews version of this
in Matthew 23, Jesus goes on to 

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give a longer speech, where he 
talks about is talking to his 

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disciples, you however, must not
allow yourself to be called 

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Rabbi and he goes on from there.
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though. 
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down and that's the position of 
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And in this case he appears to 
just be sitting and watching the

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temple, he watches the people 
put the money into the treasury.

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Now, this is kind of like a 
voluntary donation box for the 

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temple. 
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voluntarily contribute their 
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As far as we know, there were 13
trumpet-shaped collection boxes 

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in the court of women where 
people could put in these 

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donations. 
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was used to help support the 
priests and their work, as well 

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as other special projects that 
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Jews were expected to put money 
into the treasury was not 

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required because they already 
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Expected to do these additional 
donations to support the work of

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the temple. 
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And he notices that many of the 
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All of the money back then was 
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So, when a person put in a large
amount, they will literally 

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pouring out a whole lot of 
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So it would have made a lot of 
noise, it would have drawn. 

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A lot of attention to the 
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verse 42, then a poor Widow 
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We do is, were poor in that 
culture because their husband 

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has died. 
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be the one that financially 
supports the wife, but their 

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husband is dead. 
So they no longer have much 

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money in that culture. 
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rights, and they had to rely on 
their children or other 

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relatives to support them. 
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low on the social ladder and 
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That's why the Bible both the 
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Testament spends a lot of time 
talking about how God expects 

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People to look after the widows 
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the most vulnerable. 
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James James will say that true 
religion is this to take care of

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widows. 
So what she puts in to the 

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donation, box is two small 
coins. 

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So that will be two, copper 
coins in Jewish currency, that 

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would be two leptons and Mark, 
he tells us the equivalent of, 

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that is one penny. 
So one Roman coin was equivalent

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to, to lepton, to Jewish coins. 
So these lepton 128 of them make

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up a day's wage. 
So the normal wage would be you 

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get about 130 of them a day. 
Jesus, he says this woman put 

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into and that's all she has. 
She only has two Now the texture

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says she put in 2 rather than 1 
so she did not spare even what 

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she could justifiably have kept 
for herself. 

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So justifiably she could have 
kept one that would be fair but 

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instead she puts in everything 
she has financially verse 43, he

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called his disciples to him. 
So notice his now he has been 

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teaching the crowds but now he's
going to look at his disciples 

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in particular and teach them 
this particular teaching. 

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So, He says, I says, I tell you 
solemnly. 

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So we're about to hear an 
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This poor Widow has put in more 
than all who have contributed to

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the treasury. 
For they have all put in money. 

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They had over, but she from the 
little she had has put in 

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everything she possessed all she
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Sometimes you'll hear this 
translated as they have given 

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out of their abundance. 
And she has given out of her 

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poverty. 
The key message here and this is

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pretty well understood by most 
people, I think is that God is 

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pleased with sacrifice. 
He's not as pleased when people 

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put in a tiny proportion of what
they could actually give his 

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more pleased when people make 
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So although the rich were 
putting in more money 

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numerically, it doesn't really 
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her that she is making to God. 
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his disciples here. 
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mention it? 
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with the eyes of the world, 
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deceiving his saying that God 
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world does, particularly in 
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motivations. 
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the hypocrisy of the scribes 
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example of true, generosity and 
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She is truly relying on God to 
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catechism, paragraph, six, 
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Day it says, following in the 
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the Baptist Jesus announced the 
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preaching. 
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one? 
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brought to light, then will the 
culpable unbelief that? 

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Countered, the offer of God's 
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refusal of Grace and divine love
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Jesus will say, truly, I say to 
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the least of these, my brethren,
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the Bible. 
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certainly Jesus, does that here 
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paragraph 2444, this is in the 
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the churches love for the poor 
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tradition. 
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gospel of the Beatitudes of the 
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concern for the poor love for 
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motives for the duty of working.
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those in need So that is the end
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I hope you have learned 
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If you have, please tell others 
about this ministry and 

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hopefully we'll see you again 
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Hi everyone. 
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wanted to tack on to the end of 
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If you've been listening to this
particular passage today as part

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So if you're listening to this 
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ordinary time, this is the last 
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gospel of Mark. 
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Mark. 
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you don't hear that. 
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Teen on some of the Sundays in 
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Be and at the start of chapter 
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Mark, you would see Jesus for 
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temple, that particular passage 
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13 is never covered in the 
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where Jesus predicts, the 
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prediction about the end of the 
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fascinating. 
We will look at that as a bonus 

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episode of the podcast, for 
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So, if you'd love to get access 

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to that episode and all the 
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gospels, which are never covered
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If you're listening as part of 
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week 10, we're going to start 
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Matthew. 
So this might be a really good 

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Matthew a bit better by going 
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So they're ready to start with 

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If you want to hear those last 

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chapter 14, chapter 15. 
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