² “Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an ^[a]offering. ^(A)From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering.

The Widow’s Two Mites^(A)

^41 (B)Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money ^(C)into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much. ⁴² Then one poor widow came and threw in two ^[a]mites, which make a ^[b]quadrans. ⁴³ So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that ^(D)this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; ⁴⁴ for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, ^(E)her whole livelihood.”

¹⁰ And in this ^(A)I give advice: ^(B)It is to your advantage not only to be doing what you began and ^(C)were desiring to do a year ago; ¹¹ but now you also must complete the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to desire it, so there also may be a completion out of what you have. ¹² For ^(D)if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.

⁷ So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, ^(A)not grudgingly or of ^[a]necessity; for ^(B)God loves a cheerful giver.