Money Matters: Generosity, the Evidence of Faith
by Marilynn Chadwick
We've seen how Luke compared the Temple offerings of the rich people with the sacrificial gift from the poor widow: Jesus looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on" (Luke 21:1-4 ESV).
Jesus criticized the rich, who merely gave "out of their abundance [perisseuo]" (Luke 21:4). Perisseuo can be…
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