Mark 12:41-44

    Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

    Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything--all she had to live on." 

    

Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts.

Luke 21:1

    As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. (Note: In the court of women, east of Herod's temple, there were 13 boxes shaped like trumpets and positioned to receive the donations of the worshipers.)

John 8:20  

He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.  (see John 8:12-20)

Matthew 27:5-7  

    So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

    The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money." So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners.

 

But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.  

Luke 21:2  

He also saw a poor widow put in two very small coins.

 

Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others."  

1 Kings 17:12  

    "As surely as the LORD your God lives," she replied, "I don't have any bread--only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it--and die."  (see 1 Kings 17:7-16)

Luke 21:3  

"Truly I tell you," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others."

 

"They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything--all she had to live on."  

Luke 21:4  

"All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on." 

2 Corinthians 8:3-4  

For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord's people.  (see all 1 Corinthians 8) 

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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