'Less' in the Bible

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

and To love Him with all one's heart, with all one's understanding, and with all one's strength, and to love one's fellow man no less than oneself, is far better than all our whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices."

And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.

There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;