35. So Jesus asked this question as He taught in the temple complex, “How can the scribes say that the Messiah is the Son of David?
36. David himself says by the Holy Spirit: The Lord declared to my Lord,‘Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.’
37. David himself calls Him ‘Lord’; how then can the Messiah be his Son? ” And the large crowd was listening to Him with delight.
38. He also said in His teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes, and who want greetings in the marketplaces,
39. the front seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.
40. They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher punishment.”
41. Sitting across from the temple treasury, He watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich people were putting in large sums.
42. And a poor widow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very little.
43. Summoning His disciples, He said to them, “I assure you: This poor widow has put in more than all those giving to the temple treasury.
44. For they all gave out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she possessed — all she had to live on.”