⁶ But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me. ^7 (A)For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good; ^(B)but Me you do not have always. ⁸ She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial.

¹² For ^(A)if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.

² that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and ^(A)their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality. ³ For I bear witness that according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely willing,

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.”

The Fear of the Lord Leads to Life

² in hope of eternal life which God, who ^(A)cannot lie, promised before time began,