The Widow’s Offering
1 For ver. 1-4, see Mark 12:41-44Jesus21:1 Greek He looked up and saw the rich 2 Kgs. 12:9putting their gifts into John 8:20(Gk.)the offering box, 2 and he saw a poor widow put in two ch. 12:59small copper coins.21:2 Greek two lepta; a lepton was a Jewish bronze or copper coin worth about 1/128 of a denarius (which was a day’s wage for a laborer)3 And he said, "Truly, I tell you, [2 Cor. 8:2,12]this poor widow has put in more than all of them.4 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her [Phil. 4:11] poverty put in all ch. 8:43she had to live on."