Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁴⁵ Then Jesus talked to his disciples while all the people could hear him.

⁴⁶ He said, `Take care. Do not let the scribes fool you. They like to walk about dressed in long gowns. They want people to greet them in the market. They want to have the front seats in the meeting houses. They want to sit in the best places at feasts.

⁴⁷ They take away the homes of women whose husbands are dead. They cover up their wrong ways by talking to God a long time. They will be punished more!'

21 Jesus looked around in the temple. He saw the place where the people put in their money. Rich people were putting in their money.

² And he saw a poor woman whose husband was dead. She put in two small pieces of money.

³ Jesus said, `I tell you the truth. This poor woman has given more than all the other people.

⁴ All these people had plenty of money and they gave only a part of it. She was poor and she gave everything she had. She has nothing left to live on.'