He called his disciples to himself and said to them, “I tell y’all, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,
During a severe trial of oppression, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed to the wealth of their generosity.
The disciples decided to send help to the siblings living in Judea, each according to their means.
For if the willingness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, truly I tell y’all, that person will never lose their reward.”
A poor widow came and she put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.
for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on.”
Jesus spoke these words near the offering box as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.