Luke 20:41-21:4

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David’s son and the widow’s mite

⁴¹ Jesus said to them, “How can people say that the Messiah is the son of David? ⁴² David himself says, in the book of Psalms,

⁴⁴ “David, you see, calls him ‘Lord’; so how can he be his son?”

⁴⁵ As all the people listened to him, he said to the disciples, ⁴⁶ “Watch out for the scribes who like to go about in long robes, and enjoy being greeted in the market-place, sitting in the best seats in the synagogues, and taking the top table at dinners. ⁴⁷ They devour widows’ houses, and make long prayers without meaning them. Their judgment will be all the more severe.”

21 He looked up and saw rich people putting their contributions into the Temple treasury. ² He also saw an impoverished widow putting in two tiny copper coins.

³ “I’m telling you the truth,” he said. “This poor widow has put in more than all of them. ⁴ They all contributed to the collection out of their plenty, but she contributed out of her poverty, and gave her whole livelihood.”