Farthing

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From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

(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 farthings

• 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.
• Luke 12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

And kodrantes, worth, in American money, about two-fifths of a cent; in English money, less than a farthing

• Matthew 5:26 Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.
• Mark 12:42 Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.