Jesus called his disciples to him and told them: “Truly I say to you that this poor widow dropped in more than all those dropping money into the treasury chests; for they all dropped in out of their surplus, but she, out of her want, dropped in all of what she had, her whole living. ”
(‏ مرقس ١٢ :‏ ​ ٤١ -‏ ٤٤‏ )‏ فرغم ان تبرّع الارملة كان زهيد القيمة ،‏ عرف يسوع كم يقدِّر ابوه السماوي هذا الاعراب عن التعبد من كل النفس .‏