Luke 21:1-4
Chapter 21
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Jesus looked up and saw wealthy people depositing their gifts into the temple’s treasury.
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He also saw a poor widow, who dropped in two small coins.
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And he said:
“Truly, I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them.
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For all of them gave an offering from their abundance; but she, out of her poverty, gave all she had to live on.”
Commentaries
The Widow’s Offering.
The scene of the offerings made by the wealthy, compared to what the widow deposited—her only possessions—serves to illustrate yet another aspect of the relationships that should exist in the new society established by the kingdom. What is valued is no longer the expensive, grand, or powerful, but rather detachment, generosity, and above all, the faith and conviction that by giving everything for the kingdom—meaning a way of life rooted in solidarity, fraternity, and equality—no one will truly be dispossessed or left unprotected.