Luke 20:41-21:4

The Voice

⁴¹But He asked them a question.

Jesus: How is it that people say the Anointed One is David’s descendant? ⁴²Don’t you remember how David himself wrote in the psalms,

    The Master said to my master:
        “Sit here at My right hand,
        in the place of honor and power.
⁴³    And I will gather Your enemies together,
        lead them in on hands and knees,
        and You will rest Your feet on their backs.”^[a]

⁴⁴Did you hear that? David calls his son “Lord.” Elders don’t defer to those who are younger in that way. How is David’s son also “Lord”?

⁴⁵Jesus turned to His disciples, speaking loudly enough for the others to hear.

Jesus: ⁴⁶Beware of the religious scholars. They like to parade around in long robes. They love being greeted in the marketplaces. They love taking the best seats in the synagogues. They adore being seated around the head table at banquets. ⁴⁷But in their greed they rob widows of their houses and cover up their greed with long pretentious prayers. Their condemnation will be all the worse because of their hypocrisy.

21 And then He turned His attention from the religious scholars to some wealthy people who were depositing their donations in the offering boxes. ²A widow, obviously poor, came up and dropped two copper coins in one of the boxes.

Jesus: ³I’m telling you the truth, this poor widow has made a bigger contribution than all of those rich fellows. ⁴They’re just giving from their surplus, but she is giving from her poverty—she’s giving all she has to give.