¹⁷ Every man ^(A)shall give as he is able, ^(B)according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

The Cheerful Giver

⁶ The point is this: ^(A)whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully^[a] will also reap bountifully. ⁷ Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, ^(B)not reluctantly or under compulsion, for ^(C)God loves a cheerful giver.

¹² For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable ^(A)according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

¹⁰ Then you shall keep ^(A)the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with ^(B)the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give ^(C)as the Lord your God blesses you.

⁸ And if someone is too poor to pay the valuation, then he shall be made to stand before the priest, and the priest shall value him; the priest shall value him according to what the vower can afford.

The Widow's Offering

^41 (A)And he sat down opposite ^(B)the treasury and watched the people ^(C)putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. ⁴² And a poor widow came and put in two ^(D)small copper coins, which make a penny.^{[a] 43} And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, ^(E)this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. ⁴⁴ For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her ^(F)poverty has put in everything she had, all ^(G)she had to live on.”

⁶³ The ^(A)governor told them that they were not ^(B)to partake of the most holy food, until there should be a priest to consult ^(C)Urim and Thummim.