<p>21:3 <i>And he said: Of a truth I say to you: This poor widow threw in more than all of them</i>- The Lord condemned how the Pharisees &ldquo;devoured widow&rsquo;s houses&rdquo;- and then straight away we read of Him commending the widow who threw in her whole living to the coffers of the Pharisees. It wasn&rsquo;t important that the widow saw through the hypocrisy of the Pharisees and didn&rsquo;t &lsquo;waste&rsquo; her few pennies; her generosity was accepted for what it was, even though it didn&rsquo;t achieve what it might have done, indeed, it only abetted the work of evil men.</p><p>The Lord taught that one must forsake all that he has in order to truly be His disciple (Mt. 13:44; Lk. 14:33). But at the end of His ministry, He as it were chose to exemplify this aspect of discipleship by drawing attention to a woman who gave to God &ldquo;all the living that she had&rdquo; (Lk. 21:3). Putting the passages together, the Lord is saying that she is to be the model for us all in this aspect of devotion.</p><p>So clearly, God accounts not as man does. We are judged according to our possibilities and not according to volume of achievement. She threw in &quot;more&quot;, literally she 'exceeded', that the others had thrown in. The same word is used of how our righteousness must exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees (Mt. 5:20). She is again presented as the model disciple. The word has just been used&nbsp;in Mk. 12:33 of how love of God and neighbour is &quot;more&quot; than all sacrifices. She achieved that love not by volume of achievement but in her attitude.</p>