“Chapter 34: The Widow’s Mites,”
New Testament Stories, 94
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Jesus was by the temple in Jerusalem. He was watching the people give money to the church. The people were putting their money into big boxes. Jesus saw many rich men put a lot of money into the boxes.
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A poor woman came to the boxes. Her husband had died. She was a widow. She put in two pieces of money called mites. Two mites were not very much money. But the two mites were all the money she had.
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Jesus saw her. Jesus wanted to teach his disciples a lesson. He told them about the widow.
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Jesus told his disciples the rich men gave lots of money. But the rich men had more money at home.
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The widow had only two mites. She had no money at home. She gave all her money to the Church. She had given more to the Church than all the rich men.
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