Mark 12:39-44 (New Living Translation)
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And how they love the seats of honor in the synagogues and at banquets.
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But they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property, and then, to cover up the kind of people they really are, they make long prayers in public. Because of this, their punishment will be the greater."
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Jesus went over to the collection box in the Temple and sat and watched as the crowds dropped in their money. Many rich people put in large amounts.
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Then a poor widow came and dropped in two pennies. a
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He called his disciples to him and said, "I assure you, this poor widow has given more than all the others have given.
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For they gave a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she has."
Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. (New Living Translation - The Bible Online)
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