Charles Ellicott Commentary Mark 12:41

"And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much." — Mark 12:41 (ASV)

And Jesus sat over against the treasury.—The narrative that follows is found in St. Luke also, but not in St. Matthew. The word used is not the “Corban” of Matthew 27:6, and is, perhaps, more definitely local. The treasure-chamber of the Temple would receive the alms dropped into the trumpet-shaped vessels near the entrance for that purpose, but these vessels probably also contained the cups and other gold and silver implements used in the Temple ritual.

Cast money into.—The word indicates primarily copper or bronze coin, but probably, like the French argent, had acquired a wider range of meaning.