Jesus might have scolded the woman for lack of prudence in giving both coins or for lack of discretion in.

Thereโ€™s only a limited amount of money in the world.

Motivated by greed, they forced the believers to pay obscene sums in order to have their worship rituals labeled as โ€œproper. โ€

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They were taking advantage of the average personโ€™s sincere faith.

About a year ago i was in a church service and the pastor happened to be talking about money.

Jesusโ€™ anger was completely righteous.

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She gave this to the temple, the extravagance and imminent destruction of which will be the subject of the very next verses.

The question we must ask about the context is:

He was using language like โ€œgodโ€™s economy. โ€ he went on to say that you shouldnโ€™t feel guilty about your spending because โ€œgod is.

This event takes place within the temple in jerusalem, where jesus observes people making their offerings.

Those merchants were making a mockery of godโ€™s holy temple.

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