“ The Jews had indeed the tithes of their goods consecrated to Him, but those who have received liberty set aside all their possessions for the Lord’s purposes,... as that poor widow acted who cast all her living into the treasury of God. ” ​ — Against Heresies, Irenaeus, c.
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