Thematic Bible: Limitations, human
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Limited resources » Limitations, human » God condescends to meet the limited resources and conditions of men » Small offerings accepted from the poor
Limited resources » Limitations, human » God condescends to meet the limited resources and conditions of men » Two or three assembled in Christ's name have the promise of the divine presence
For I am in the presence of two or three [disciples] wherever they are gathered in my name."
Verse Concepts
Limited resources » Limitations, human » God condescends to meet the limited resources and conditions of men » Faith, even as a grain of mustard seed, mighty
He answered them, "[It was] because you had such little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith as [small as] a mustard tree seed, you could say to this mountain, 'Move from here to that place over there' and it would move. And nothing will be impossible for you [to do]." {[{[Some manuscripts contain the following verse:
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Limited resources » Limitations, human » God condescends to meet the limited resources and conditions of men » A cup of cold water, not despised
Truly I tell you, whoever gives a mere drink of cold water to one of these least significant [disciples of mine] because he is a disciple, will certainly not lose his [temporal or eternal] reward."
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Limited resources » Limitations, human » God condescends to meet the limited resources and conditions of men » Two mites from the widow
A poor widow came and threw in two small copper coins [Note: These two coins each amounted to about ten minutes' worth of a farm laborer's pay, or about one dollar in 1994]. The total she gave was equivalent to a larger coin [i.e., worth twice as much]. Jesus called His disciples to Him and said to them, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has thrown in more than all the rest who are throwing [money] into the treasury. For all of them threw in from their abundance, but being very poor, she threw in everything she had, even all she had to live on."