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While at the temple with his disciples what act did he commend?
Mark and Luke: That of the poor widow who threw two mites into the treasury ([Mark xii, 43]; [Luke xxi, 3]).
This widow’s offering illustrates the characteristic generosity of the poor and the heartless greed of the church. This text has enabled a horde of indolent priests to prey upon widows and orphans; to filch the scanty earnings of the poor, and live like parasites upon the weak and sickly calves of humanity.