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What Jesus Saw in the Widow’s Offering

The story of the Widow’s Offering, found in Mark 12 and Luke 21, never made it into my book Junkyard Wisdom. It’s an amazing story, but I couldn’t find the right spot in the book so it was cut.

I’m sure you’re familiar with the story: Jesus was watching people put money in the temple treasury and noted how the rich gave large sums; then the widow gave two coins, all she had.
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Jesus says to the disciples, “…all these people gave out of their wealth, but she out of her poverty.” The Message has it as, “All the …