Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Jesus Warns The Disciples To Beware of The Scribes

⁴⁵ And while all the people were listening, He said to His disciples, ⁴⁶ “Beware of the scribes— the ones delighting to walk around in robes, and loving greetings in the marketplaces and seats-of-honor in the synagogues and places-of-honor at the banquets; ⁴⁷ who are devouring^[a] the houses of the widows, and praying long for a pretense. These ones will receive greater condemnation”.

Jesus Uses The Widow’s Offering To Illustrate True Giving

21 And having looked-up, He saw the rich ones throwing their gifts into the treasury^[b]. ² And He saw a certain needy widow throwing two leptos^[c] there. ³ And He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow threw more than all. ⁴ For all these ones threw into the gifts out of the money abounding^[d] to them. But this one, out of her lack^[e], threw all the living^[f] which she was having.