The Scribe Destroys the Houses of Widows

Jesus speaks to the crowds as sheep without a shepherd, showing great compassion and care. But he reserves some of his strongest and harshest language for the leaders of the people who take advantage of them and mistreat them. The story of the widow's two small coins needs to be read alongside this material. We've just been told that the scribe devour widows houses. And then we are told that this widow is investing all o her livelihood in the temple,. A temple that is about to be destroyed on account of the sin of the people and their rulers. This is not a story about healthy sacrificial giving. It's about the way that corrupt religious leaders prey upon the weakest of