Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 12:41-42

"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. And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing." — Mark 12:41-42 (ASV)

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow,

Doubly poor, because she was not only a widow, but in poverty: a certain poor widow,