excreationist
Married mouth-breather
Mark 12:41–44
Luke 21:1–4
So two of those coins would be 20% of an hourly wage... so if the average wage was $15/hr those coins would be worth $3....
I don't think her last $3 is that much of a sacrifice.... someone's last $100 is another matter....
Also I don't think giving an offering of all of your money is a good idea..... (though God says to love him with all your heart, mind, soul and strength)
Jesus sat down across from the place where people put their temple offerings. He watched the crowd putting their money into the offering boxes. Many rich people threw large amounts into them. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins. They were worth only a few pennies. Jesus asked his disciples to come to him. He said, “What I’m about to tell you is true. That poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others. They all gave a lot because they are rich. But she gave even though she is poor. She put in everything she had. That was all she had to live on.”
Luke 21:1–4
As Jesus looked up, he saw rich people putting their gifts into the temple offering boxes. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. “What I’m about to tell you is true,” Jesus said. “That poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these other people gave a lot because they are rich. But even though she is poor, she put in everything. She had nothing left to live on.”
Lesson of the widow's mite - Wikipedia
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A lepton was the smallest and least valuable coin in circulation in Judea, worth about six minutes of an average daily wage
So two of those coins would be 20% of an hourly wage... so if the average wage was $15/hr those coins would be worth $3....
I don't think her last $3 is that much of a sacrifice.... someone's last $100 is another matter....
Also I don't think giving an offering of all of your money is a good idea..... (though God says to love him with all your heart, mind, soul and strength)