40For appearance’s sake, they will pray long religious prayers at the homes of widows for an offering, cheating them out of their very livelihood.aa Beware of them all, for they will one day be stripped of honor, and the judgment they receive will be severe.” The Widow’s Offering 41Then he sat down near the offering box, watching all the people dropping in their coins. Many of the rich would put in very large sums, 42but a destitute widow walked up and dropped in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny. 43Jesus called his disciples to gather around and then said to them, “I tell you
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