Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

This passage of story was not in Matthew, but is here and in Luke; it is Christ's commendation of the poor widow, that cast two mites into the treasury, which our Saviour, busy as he was in preaching, found leisure to take notice of. Observe, I.

Commenting on Mark 12:41-44

Albert Barnes Presbyterian @notesbybarnes

Verse 44. Of their abundance. Of their superfluous store. They have given what they did not need. They could afford it as well as not; and in doing it they have shown no self-denial. She of her want. Of her poverty. All her living. All that she had to live on. She trusted in God to supply her wants, and devoted her little property entirely to him.