And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.
Oh, how I wish you were my little brother, nursing at my mother’s breasts; if I saw you outside, I could kiss you – surely no one would despise me!
And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, he will never lose his reward.”
I tell you the truth, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny!
Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.
He called his disciples and said to them, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.
I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the very last cent!”
He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.
that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.