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Farthing
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Farthing in the Bible Dictionary
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Assarion, a Roman coin worth, in American money, only a few cents; in English money, about three farthings
Matt 10:29; Luke 12:6
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Matthew 10:296 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
Luke 12:6 -
And kodrantes, worth, in American money, about two-fifths of a cent; in English money, less than a farthing
Matt 5:26; Mark 12:42
26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Matthew 5:2642 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
Mark 12:42
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
