The Widow’s Coins

^41 (A)And Jesus sat down opposite ^(B)the treasury, and began watching how the ^[a]people were ^(C)putting ^[b]money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large amounts. ⁴² And a poor widow came and put in two ^[c]lepta coins, which amount to a ^[d]quadrans. ⁴³ Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all ^[e]the contributors to the treasury; ⁴⁴ for they all put in out of their ^[f]surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, ^[g]all she had ^(D)to live on.”

Paul Turns to the Gentiles

⁴⁴ The next ^(A)Sabbath nearly all the city assembled to hear the word of ^[a]the Lord. ⁴⁵ But when ^(B)the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were ^[b]blaspheming. ⁴⁶ Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you ^(C)first. Since you repudiate it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, ^(D)we are turning to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷ For so the Lord has commanded us,

⁴⁸ When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying ^(G)the word of ^[e]the Lord; and all who ^(H)had been appointed to eternal life believed.