路加福音第二十一章第1—4节,耶稣看到许多富人来向神奉献上捐款,也看到一个穷寡妇来奉献,只不过这个穷寡妇只投了两个小钱。耶稣说这穷寡妇所投的比众人都多,原因是众人都是把自己富余的钱拿出来奉献,而这寡妇在她的贫困里把她一切用以糊口的钱都投上了。
路21:1 耶稣抬头观看、见财主把捐项投在库里。
He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.
路21:2 又见一个穷寡妇、投了两个小钱.
He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.
路21:3 就说、我实在告诉你们.这穷寡妇、所投的比众人还多.
He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,
路21:4 因为众人都是自己有余、拿出来投在捐项里.但这寡妇是自己不足、把他一切养生的都投上了。
for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."