The Widow's Gift   Mark 12:41-43

    The temple was big and beautiful.  Many people came there to worship God.  Inside
    the temple were some big money boxes.  People put money in them.  The money was
    for the temple and all that was used in worship to God.

    One day Jesus sat down across from the money boxes.  He saw many rich people put
    in lots of money.  Then one poor woman, a widow,  walked up to the boxes. 
    She put in two small  copper coins worth less than a penny.

    Jesus looked at his friends.  "This poor woman put in more than the rich people did," 
    he said.  "Here's why: the rich people still have much money left.  But this woman only
    had two coins.  She did not have any more money.  The rich people only gave part of
    what they had.  She gave all of what she had."

    The Sheep and the Goats  Matthew 25:31-46

    Jesus on another occasion told a story about sheep and goats. He said that when he
   returns, he will separate people as a man would separate his sheep from his goats.

   Those pleasing to God are compared to sheep.  They are pleasing because they
   were willing to give to those who were in need. Jesus said they had given food 
   to him when he was hungry, a drink when he was thirsty, and clothing to him when
   he needed it.  They had visited him when he was sick and in prison. 

   The people  didn't remember doing these things for Jesus, but he replied, 
    "Whatever you did  for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."
 

Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in,
than all they which have cast into the treasury:
For all they did cast in of their abundance;
but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

                              Mark 12:43-44