⁸ Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, ⁹ “Arise, go to ^(A)Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there; behold, ^(B)I have commanded a widow there to provide food for you.” ¹⁰ So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the entrance of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and ^(C)he called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a ^[a]cup, so that I may drink.” ¹¹ As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.” ¹² But she said, “^(D)As the Lord your God lives, ^(E)I have no food, only a handful of flour in the ^[b]bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering ^[c]a few sticks so that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, so that we may ^[d]eat it and ^(F)die.” ¹³ However, Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go, do as you have said. Just make me a little bread loaf from ^[e]it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son. ¹⁴ For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘The ^[f]bowl of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil become empty, until the day that the Lord provides rain on the face of the earth.’” ¹⁵ So she went and did everything in accordance with the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days. ¹⁶ The ^[g]bowl of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil become empty, in accordance with the word of the Lord which He spoke through Elijah.

²⁴ For Christ ^(A)did not enter a holy place made by hands, a mere copy of ^(B)the true one, but into ^(C)heaven itself, now ^(D)to appear in the presence of God for us; ²⁵ nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as ^(E)the high priest enters ^(F)the Holy Place ^(G)year by year with blood that is not his own. ²⁶ Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since ^(H)the foundation of the world; but now ^(I)once at ^(J)the consummation of the ages He has been ^(K)revealed to put away sin ^[a](L)by the sacrifice of Himself. ²⁷ And just as ^(M)it is destined for people to die once, and after this ^(N)comes judgment, ²⁸ so Christ also, having been ^(O)offered once to ^(P)bear the sins of many, will appear ^(Q)a second time for ^(R)salvation ^(S)without reference to sin, to those who ^(T)eagerly await Him.

^38 (A)And in His teaching He was saying: “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like ^(B)personal greetings in the marketplaces, ³⁹ and seats of honor in the synagogues, and places of honor at banquets, ^40 (C)who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive all the more condemnation.”

The Widow’s Coins

^41 (D)And Jesus sat down opposite ^(E)the treasury, and began watching how the ^[a]people were ^(F)putting ^[b]money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large amounts. ⁴² And a poor widow came and put in two ^[c]lepta coins, which amount to a ^[d]quadrans. ⁴³ Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all ^[e]the contributors to the treasury; ⁴⁴ for they all put in out of their ^[f]surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, ^[g]all she had ^(G)to live on.”