Thematic Bible: Poor 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."

For all of them threw in from their abundance, but she threw in from her poverty all she had to live on." Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfSacrificial GivingSurplusBlessings Of The Poor