<p>12:44<i> For they threw in money they didn't need, but she though needy threw in all that she had- all her livelihood</i>-The Lord condemned the Pharisees for devouring widow&rsquo;s houses (Mk. 12:40), but then goes on to show how the widow who threw in all her wealth to the treasuries of the corrupt Pharisees had actually gained great approval in God&rsquo;s eyes by doing so (Mk. 12:44). Out of evil, good came. The Lord didn&rsquo;t just lament the cruel selfishness of the Jewish leadership. He pointed out how God worked through even this to enable a poor woman to please Him immensely. There is a wondrous ecology in all this; nothing is lost. Nothing, in the final end, can be done against the Truth, only for the Truth.</p><p>The Lord pointed out to the disciples how the extreme generosity of the widow, giving the two pennies of her business capital, her &quot;living&quot;, to the Lord, was worth far more than the ostentatious giving of the wealthy Jewish leadership (Mk. 12:44); but the next incident recorded by Mark is the disciples marvelling at the ostentatious buildings of the temple, and the Lord explaining that all this needed to be thrown down (Mk. 13:1,2). Their slowness to perceive is such a theme of the gospel records.</p>