Farthing

How Nave’s arranged it

• (This word is used to translate two different words in the Greek text)
• Assarion, a Roman coin worth, in American money, only a few cents; in English money, about three farthingsMatthew 10:29Luke 12:6
• And kodrantes, worth, in American money, about two-fifths of a cent; in English money, less than a farthingMatthew 5:26Mark 12:42

The passages, in Bible order (4)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 4 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Matthew 5:26

   Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

   ›Commentary on Matthew 5:262 voices

   “Verily, I say unto thee,.... This may be depended upon, you may assure yourself of it, that thou shalt by no means come out thence, from prison, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing, or "last farthing"; or as the Ethiopic version reads it, "till thou hast exactly paid all"; which seems to express the inexorableness of the creditor, and the impossibility of the debtor's release.

   “From the preceding and subsequent passages, it is clear that our Lord and Savior, while we run on the path of this world, encourages us to peace and harmony, according to the Apostle, who says: If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with all men (Rom. XII, 18).

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2. Matthew 10:29

   Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.

   ›Commentary on Matthew 10:292 voices

   “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?....

   “(Verse 29 onwards) Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will. The Lord's discourse is attached to itself, and the following depend on the preceding. Wise reader, always beware of a superstitious understanding; so that you do not conform the Scriptures to your own senses, but join your senses to the Scriptures, and understand what follows. Above he had said: 'Do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul'; now he speaks consequently, 'Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?

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3. Mark 12:42

   Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.

   ›Commentary on Mark 12:422 voices

   “Two mites - The word translated “mite” denotes a small coin made of brass - the smallest in use among the Jews. The precise value cannot now be easily estimated. It was much less than any coin we have, as the “farthing” was less than an English farthing. It was in value about three mills and a half, or one-third of a cent.

   “I pass on to the widow in the gospel who, though she was but a poor widow was yet richer than all the people of Israel. [Mark 12:43] She had but a grain of mustard seed, but she put her leaven in three measures of flour; and, combining her confession of the Father and of the Son with the grace of the Holy Spirit, she cast her two mites into the treasury. All the substance that she had, her entire possessions, she offered in the two testaments of her faith.

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4. Luke 12:6

   Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

   ›Commentary on Luke 12:62 voices

   “Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings,....

   “(pluris estis) Now I ask the Arians, if God, as if disdaining to make all other things, made only His Son, but deputed all things to His Son; how is it that He extends His providence even to such trifling things as our hair, and the sparrows? For upon whatever things He exercises His providence, of these is He the Creator by His own word.

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