Gospel: Mark 12:38-44

³⁸ And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to go about in long robes, and to have salutations in the market places
³⁹ and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,
⁴⁰ who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”
⁴¹ And he sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the multitude putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums.
⁴² And a poor widow came, and put in two copper coins, which make a penny.
⁴³ And he called his disciples to him, and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury.
⁴⁴ For they all contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, her whole living.”