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Mark 12:42

Tree of Life Version

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

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O, that you were like a brother to me, who nursed at my mother’s breasts. If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.

And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, amen I tell you, he shall never lose his reward.”

Amen, I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid back the last penny!

He sat down opposite the treasury and began watching how the people were putting money into the offering box. Many rich people were putting in a lot.

Calling His disciples over, He said to them, “Amen, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those contributing to the box!

I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid back the last little bit.”

He also saw a poor widow dropping in two small copper coins.

For if the eagerness is present, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he doesn’t have.

that in much testing by affliction, the abundance of their joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.