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41 Jesús settist gegnt fjárhirslunni og horfði á fólkið leggja peninga í hana. Margir auðmenn lögðu þar mikið.

42 Þá kom ekkja ein fátæk og lét þar tvo smápeninga, eins eyris virði.

43 Og hann kallaði til sín lærisveina sína og sagði við þá: "Sannlega segi ég yður, þessi fátæka ekkja gaf meira en allir hinir, er lögðu í fjárhirsluna.

44 Allir gáfu þeir af allsnægtum sínum, en hún gaf af skorti sínum allt sem hún átti, alla björg sína."

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The Widow’s Offering(A)

41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put(B) and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”(C)

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