Luke 21:2 (WEB)
He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.
Fathers and councils · 15
Augustine of Hippo
“She gave her two mites with as good a will as Zacchæus gave the half of his patrimony.” — editor's note: Luke xxi. 1–4.
Read the whole commentChapter LXXVI.—Of the Harmony in Respect of the Order of Narration Subsisting Between Matthew and the Other Two Evangelists in the Accounts Given of the Occasion on Which He Foretold the Destruction of the Temple.…
Read the whole comment“This narrative, however, of the poor widow who cast two mites into the treasury is reported only by two of them, namely, Mark and Luke.” — editor's note: Luke xxi. 1–4.
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John Chrysostom
“For there is no one, so poverty-stricken, however exceeding poor he may be, as not to be able to provide “two mites.” ( Luke xxi. 2.)” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“Nor can I plead poverty as an excuse, for the Lord in the gospel has praised an aged widow for casting into the treasury the last two coins that she had.” — editor's note: Luke xxi. 1–4.
Read the whole comment“The poor widow in the gospel who cast but two mites into the treasury was set before all the men of wealth because she gave all that she had.” — editor's note: Luke xxi. 1–4.
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Leo the Great
“Therefore those who do the things which are good must have no manner of fear lest the power of doing should fail them; since in the gospel the widow’s devotion is extolled in the case of her two mites, and voluntary bounty gets its reward for a cup of cold water.” — editor's note: The reffs. are obviously to S. Luke xxi. 2–4, and S. Matt. x. 42 (q.v.).
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Tertullian
“Marcion also erased of chap. xxi. the first eighteen verses, as well as verses 21 and 22, on account of this clause, “that all things which are written may be fulfilled;” xx. 16 was…” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Luke
Our Lord having rebuked the covetousness of the Scribes who devoured widows’ houses, commends the almsgiving of a widow; as it is said, And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting into the treasury, & c.
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In the Greek language, φυλάξαι signifies to keep, and gaza in Persian means riches, hence gazophylacium is used for the name of the place in which money is kept. Now there was a chest with an opening at the top…
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She offered two oboli, which with the sweat of her brow she had earned for her daily living, or what she daily begs for at the hands of others she gives to God, shewing that her poverty is fruitful to her. Therefore…
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For whatever we offer with an honest heart is well pleasing to God, who hath respect unto the heart, not the substance, nor does He weigh the amount of that which is given in sacrifice, but of that from which it is…
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For God regarded not the scantiness of the offering, but the overflowing of the affection. Almsgiving is not the bestowing a few things out of many, but it is that of the widow emptying, herself of her whole…
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Now mystically, the rich men who cast their gifts into the treasury signify the Jews puffed up with the righteousness of the law; the poor widow, the simplicity of the Church which is called poor, because it has…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
Or the widow may be taken to mean any soul bereft as it were of her first husband, the ancient law, and not worthy to be united to the Word of God. Who brings to God instead of a dowry faith and a good conscience,…
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Cited together in Sermons Sermon 42.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 42.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 42.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 42.