Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Mark 12:43

"And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than all they that are casting into the treasury:" — Mark 12:43 (ASV)

The disciples were not sitting with Jesus, so he called them to him. The lesson he wanted to teach them was important enough for them to be there, both to see for themselves and to hear what he had to say. The widow’s offering was more than all the others in proportion and in the spirit in which she gave.