⁸ If any cannot afford the equivalent, they shall be brought before the priest and the priest shall assess them; the priest shall assess them according to what each one making a vow can afford.^(A)

²¹ “But if he is poor and cannot afford so much, he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering to be elevated, to make atonement on his behalf, and one-tenth of an ephah of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain offering and a log^[a] of oil,^{(A) 22} also two turtledoves or two pigeons, such as he can afford, one for a purification offering and the other for a burnt offering.^(B)

¹² For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.^(A)

The Widow’s Offering

21 He looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the treasury;^{(A) 2} he also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.^{(B) 3} He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them, ⁴ for all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

⁷ For you always have the poor with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish, but you will not always have me.^(A)

⁸ If she cannot afford a sheep, she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a purification offering, and the priest shall make atonement on her behalf, and she shall be clean.”^(A)

¹¹ “But if you cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, you shall bring as your offering for the sin that you have committed one-tenth of an ephah of choice flour for a purification offering; you shall not put oil on it or lay frankincense on it, for it is a purification offering.^(A)

⁷ “But if you cannot afford a sheep, you shall bring to the Lord, as your penalty for the sin that you have committed, two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a purification offering and the other for a burnt offering.^(A)