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Summary
The Widow's Mite (Le denier de la veuve)

Mark 12:41 - 12:42 - 12:43 - 12:44

'''12:41. Jesus sat across from the treasury and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury. Many that were rich cast in much.'''

12:42. A certain poor widow came, and she cast in two coins worth a total of one-fortieth of a day's wage.

12:43. Calling His disciples together, He said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow has cast in more than all those who have cast into the treasury.

12:44. “For they all cast in of their abundance, but she of her want cast in all she had, even her whole livelihood.”

Luke 21:1 - 21:2 - 21:3 - 21:4

21:1. Looking on, Jesus saw the rich men cast their gifts into the treasury,

21:2. and He also saw a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites.

21:3. He said, “Truly, I say to you that this poor widow has cast in more than all of them,

21:4. “for all these have cast into the offerings of God from their abundance, but she from her poverty has cast in everything she had to live on.”

Source:The Brooklyn Museum

Dates: 1886-1894