Mark 12:41-44 - A Poor Widow's Offering

⁴¹ He sat down near the collection boxes and observed how the crowd dropped money into the boxes. Many that were rich dropped in much. ⁴² A poor widow came along and dropped in two mites. ⁴³ He told his disciples: Truly I tell you this poor widow gave more then all the others who gave to the collection box. ⁴⁴ They all gave out of their surplus. She gave out of her poverty. She gave all that she owned, all her living.

¹ He saw rich men putting their gifts into the treasury. ² Then he saw a poor widow putting in two small coins. ³ I tell you a truth, he said: This poor widow gave more than all of them. ⁴ They all gave out of their surplus but she gave out of her poverty. She gave all that she had for living expenses.