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Then He said to them in His teaching, "Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, love greetings in the marketplaces,

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the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts,

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who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.

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Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much.

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Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans.

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So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury;

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for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.