Mark 12:41-44
The Widow’s Offering


1. Who offered the most to the Lord?
( )$10,000.00, ( )$3900.00, ( )$20.00, ( )$8.50, ( )$0.02

2. How did the people of Israel put their offerings?
Free will offering.
3. Where did Jesus sit? Why?
12:41, 43 Jesus wanted to teach the meaning of offering.

4. How much did the rich put into the temple treasury?

5. How much did one poor widow put into the temple treasury?
Two pennies

6. Who put the most on that day? Why?
12:43, 44
The rich-out of abundance
The widow-all, sacrifice, two pennies
This is going by percent.
1M- $10,000 - 1%
1/2M-$3,900 -0.78%
$100,000 - $20. -0.02%
$10,000-$8.50 -0.085%
2pennies- $0.002 -100%


7. What was the situation of widows in Israel?
Deut. 24:19-21 Do not go back.
Do not beat branch a 2nd time
Do not go over vines again
Do not go to the edges. (Lev. 19:9)
Ruth 2:2, 3

8. What was this widow’s financial situation? Have you ever been this poor?

9. What did she do in her hopeless and desperate situation?
Mark 12:30.
Habakkuk 3:17, 18
*She came to worship God. Love your God with all your heart.
*No sheep, no fig in the fig tree but I will rejoice in the Lord.

10. How did Jesus accept her offering?
She gave the most.
11. What can we learn from this poor widow?
She came out from her misery. Love the Lord with all her heart.
2 pennies: symbol of poor condition. People hold 2 pennies and cry all night.
But she turned around and worshiped the God.
We can turn our pennies to glory to God.
It is not possession but heart devotion.
12. What can we learn from Jesus?
*Jesus didn’t see the amount of money.
Jesus see the degree of devotion.

*1M person = 1M 100%
*the poor widow =2 pennies 100%
According to percent the value are same.
It could be abilities and talents.
In Jesus eyes, devotion is important.
There is nothing to complain. You are the best. Putting 100%.