馬可福音12:41-44

 

12:41 耶穌對銀庫坐著，看眾人怎樣投錢入庫。有好些財主往裡投了若干的錢。
12:42 有一個窮寡婦來，往裡投了兩個小錢，就是一個大錢。
12:43 耶穌叫門徒來，說：「我實在告訴你們，這窮寡婦投入庫裡的，比眾人所投的更多。
12:44 因為，他們都是自己有餘，拿出來投在裡頭；但這寡婦是自己不足，把她一切養生的都投上了。」

 

⁴¹ Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. ⁴² But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

⁴³ Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. ⁴⁴ They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

 

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    一般人認為面對貧窮應該要脫貧，而許多人想到脫貧就是接受別人的施捨或是學一身技藝好可以賺許多錢，弄到最後窮人成了錢的奴隸或是守財奴，變得一毛不拔，那可能奉獻給上帝呢！

 

    然而這個窮寡婦卻不一樣，她竟然奉獻出兩個小錢，就是一個大錢。主耶穌對這個婦人稱許說：「我實在告訴你們，這窮寡婦投入庫裡的，比眾人所投的更多。因為，他們都是自己有餘，拿出來投在裡頭；但這寡婦是自己不足，把她一切養生的都投上了。」

 

    而主耶穌之所如此宣告，是要讓我們知道，人的價值不再於擁有多少財富，而是在於信靠上帝，見證上帝的榮耀！因為金錢是飄忽不定的東西，唯有上帝是永遠可靠，寧可捨棄金錢，也不可以離開上帝！