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The widow with just two coins

A poor woman gives at the Temple.
Contributed by Richard Gunther
Story also available on our translated websites: Spanish, Portuguese
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Jesus was sitting in the Temple in Jerusalem opposite the place where people gave their offerings. – Slide 1
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He watched as people put money into the large golden trumpet-shape bowls and He could hear the coins falling into the large treasury chests underneath. (There were 13 ‘trumpet’ treasury chests in the temple). – Slide 2
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Many rich people made a big show of giving gold coins and large amounts of money. <br/>(Jesus on another occasion talked about hypocrites who were ‘sounding a trumpet’ before they gave - Matthew 6:2) – Slide 3
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Jesus watched as a poor widow came into the Temple. Many widows had no family to support or help them. – Slide 4
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The poor widow put in two small copper coins. A very, very small amount of money. <br/>(The small copper coin was called a ‘lepton’ and was the least valuable coin in circulation. The woman was only obliged to give one lepton but she gave two.) – Slide 5
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Jesus called His disciples to gather round to hear what He was going to say… – Slide 6
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‘This poor widow put more in the treasury than all the others,’ Jesus told them. – Slide 7
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‘They gave out of their wealth but she gave out of her poverty… – Slide 8
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… and put in everything - all she had to live on.’ – Slide 9
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