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.

²¹ “But ^(A)if he is poor and cannot afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering ^(B)to be waved, to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil; ^22 (C)also two turtledoves or two pigeons, whichever he can afford. The one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

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.

The Widow's Offering

21 ^(A)Jesus^[a] looked up and saw the rich ^(B)putting their gifts into ^(C)the offering box, ² and he saw a poor widow put in two ^(D)small copper coins.^{[b] 3} And he said, “Truly, I tell you, ^(E)this poor widow has put in more than all of them. ⁴ For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her ^(F)poverty put in all ^(G)she had to live on.”

⁷ For ^(A)you always have the poor with you, and whenever ^(B)you want, you can do good for them. But ^(C)you will not always have me.

⁸ And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take ^(A)two turtledoves or two pigeons,^{[a] (B)}one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. ^(C)And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.”

¹¹ “But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for the sin that he has committed a ^(A)tenth of an ephah^[a] of fine flour for a sin offering. He ^(B)shall put no oil on it and shall put no frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

⁷ “But ^(A)if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed two ^(B)turtledoves or two pigeons,^[a] one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.