<p>21:4 <i>For all these out of their abundance have put in offerings, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on</i>- 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. To give from that which is over and above and remaining, &quot;abundance&quot;, is not giving much at all really. &quot;Out of her poverty&quot; could suggest that it was her poverty which motivated her gift, as if to say that her greater generosity was not surprising, because she was poor; and in her case, total giving was motivated by her poverty. So it is poverty and not wealth which, as the Lord observed, motivates to the kind of radical giving which He seeks.</p>