The Widow's Offering
Jesus observes a poor widow putting two small coins into the temple treasury. He declares she has given more than all the others, because she gave out of her poverty.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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Mark and Luke tell this story almost identically, likely from the same source. Both place it after warnings about scribes who "devour widows' houses," which some scholars read as deliberate irony: the temple system Jesus just criticized is consuming this widow's livelihood. Matthew omits this episode entirely.
Specifies the two coins as lepta (the smallest copper coins), worth about a penny.
Closely follows Mark; both contrast the widow's sacrifice with the rich giving from their abundance.
From the triumphal entry into Jerusalem through the crucifixion and burial of Jesus.
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