Then he called his disciples and said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury.
and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.”
A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny.
For all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”
He spoke these words while he was teaching in the treasury of the temple, but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
The disciples determined that, according to their ability, each would send relief to the brothers and sisters living in Judea;
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
for during a severe ordeal of affliction their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.