And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them,
Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow has cast more in, than all they who have cast into the treasury:
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
When alms are given, we attend to nothing else except the disposition required. And if you say that money is needed, and houses and clothes and shoes, read those words of Christ, which he spoke concerning the widow, and stop being anxious. For even if you are extremely poor, and among those that beg, if you cast in your two small coins, you have done all in your power. Though you offer only a barley cake, having only this, you will have arrived at the heart of the matter. The Gospel of St. Matthew, Homily
