38
And in his teaching he said, Be on your watch against the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes and be respected in the market-places,
39
And to have the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;
40
Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly.
41
And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much.
42
And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing.
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