The Widow's Two Mites

The Widow's Two Mites

Then Jesus went and sat beside the treasury and watched the people as they paid their tithes. The rich men came and gave of their abundance; and then he saw a poor but loyal widow come and put a farthing in the treasure box. And then He said to his disciples who were standing by, “Behold, this poor widow, who has put a farthing in the treasury, has given more than all the others, for she has given all she had, but the rich have given just a little of the many possessions they have.”

And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. So He said, "Truly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all; for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had.”