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| | In His lessons He told them, "Watch out for the scribes. They want to go about in long clothing, and want people to greet them in the public square. They want the seats of honor in the synagogues, and the ranking dining rooms at banquets. And they also devour widows' homes, and put up a pretense by making long prayers. They will receive an even greater punishment." | | In His lessons He told them, "Watch out for the scribes. They want to go about in long clothing, and want people to greet them in the public square. They want the seats of honor in the synagogues, and the ranking dining rooms at banquets. And they also devour widows' homes, and put up a pretense by making long prayers. They will receive an even greater punishment." |
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| − | | + | Jesus was sitting next to the treasury, and watched how people threw money into the treasury. Many rich people threw in a lot of money. Then came a certain poor widow, who threw in two mites, which together were worth a quarter-penny. He called His students to Him, and told them, "I tell you truly: This poor widow has thrown in more money than everyone else combined. All they did was to throw in a sample of their abundance. She, in her poverty, threw in everything she had, even everything she had to live on." |
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| − | |<span id="12:41"></span>And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
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| − | |<span id="12:42"></span>And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
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| − | |<span id="12:44"></span>For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
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| − | |All they did was to throw in a sample of their abundance. She, in her poverty, threw in everything she had, even everything she had to live on."
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| | == See also == | | == See also == |