NARRATOR 1: Jesus was teaching in the temple.
JESUS 1: Watch out for the scribes. They like to parade around in their long robes, so that people greet them with respect.
JESUS 2: They choose the places of honor in the synagogues and the best seats at banquets.
JESUS 3: They treat widows unjustly but recite lengthy prayers. They will be punished for the way they live.
NARRATOR 2: Jesus took a seat in the temple courtyard opposite the treasury. He observed people putting money into the collection box. Many rich people put in large amounts of money.
NARRATOR 3: One poor widow came and dropped in two small copper coins, worth about a penny each. Jesus called his disciples.
JESUS 1: I want you to observe that this poor widow gave more to the treasury than all the others.
JESUS 2: They gave from their loose change what they could spare.
JESUS 3: But she in her poverty gave the pennies she had to live on.
Mark 12.38-44
Sunday Readings: 1 Kings 17.10-16; Hebrews 9.24-28; Mark 12.38-44