Luke 21:1-4
When Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy people putting their offerings into the treasury and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins. He said, “I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.” Luke 21:1-4 Life had always been hard, but it had become so much more difficult since the death of her husband. She herself was moving on in age, still she made the trek to the temple treasury to offer her pitiful amount. She had two small copper coins in her hand. She rubbed them together. They were smoothed from friction and not worth much, but they were all she possessed at the moment. She prayed God would provide, even a crust of bread, in the coming days. When she entered the room for offerings she took note of a cluster of younger men across the way. They looked to be men who had journe...