Charles Spurgeon Commentary


Charles Spurgeon Commentary
"And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than all they that are casting into the treasury: for they all did cast in of their superfluity; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, [even] all her living." — Mark 12:42-44 (ASV)
And she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: for all they did cast in of their abundance;
Christ measures what we really give by what we have left—by the proportion that what we give bears to what we possess: for all they did cast in of their abundance;