012:038 Moreover in the course of His teaching He said, "Be on your guard against the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes and to be bowed to in places of public resort,
012:039 and to occupy the best seats in the synagogues and at dinner parties,
012:040 and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their
wickedness by making long prayers: these men will receive
far heavier punishment."
012:041 Having taken a seat opposite the Treasury, He observed
how the people were dropping money into the Treasury,
and that many of the wealthy threw in large sums.
012:042 But there came one poor widow and dropped in two farthings, equal in value to a halfpenny.
012:043 So He called His disciples to Him and said, "In solemn truth I
tell you that this widow, poor as she is, has thrown in more
than all the other contributors to the Treasury;
012:044 for they have all contributed out of what they could well spare,
but she out of her need has thrown in all she possessed—
all she had to live on."
013:001 As He was leaving the Temple, one of His disciples exclaimed,
"Look, Rabbi, what wonderful stones! what wonderful buildings!"
013:002 "You see all these great buildings?" Jesus replied; "not one
stone will be left here upon another—not thrown down."
013:003 He was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite to the Temple,
when Peter, James, John, and Andrew, apart from the others asked Him,