20:45. And in the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples:
20:46. Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes and love salutations in the market place and the first chairs in the synagogues and the chief rooms at feasts:
20:47. Who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayer. These shall receive greater damnation.
Luke Chapter 21
The widow's mites. The signs that should forerun the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world.
21:1. And looking on, he saw the rich men cast their gifts into the treasury.
21:2. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites.
21:3. And he said: Verily, I say to you that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all.
21:4. For all these have of their abundance cast into the offerings of God: but she of her want hath cast in all the living that she had.
21:5. And some saying of the temple that it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said: