widow's mite
Poor person's donation
A widow's mite is a small contribution given by someone who can barely afford it, making the gift more meaningful than larger donations from the wealthy.
The phrase comes from a New Testament story in which Jesus praises a poor widow who donates two small coins—all she has—over rich people giving from their surplus: She gave her widow's mite to the relief fund.
Christian salvation teaching
- JesusChristian faith's divine son
- disciplesDevoted followers of teachings
- templeSacred worship structure
- treasuryStored organizational funds
offering · lepton · scribes · Pharisees · hypocrisy · lesson · humility · parable
Prioritizing others over oneself
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- givingTransferring to another
- offeringSomething presented or given
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
renunciation · wholehearted · unstinting · self-denial · dedication
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
- penuryExtreme lack of money
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- wantTo desire something
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
privation · neediness · scarcity · subsistence · impoverishment · lack · deprivation
Voluntary aid for others
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- magnanimityGenerous, noble spirit
- openhandednessLiberal giving disposition
kindness · compassion · goodwill · beneficence · liberality · bigheartedness · graciousness
Gospel
Christian salvation teaching
- JesusChristian faith's divine son
- disciplesDevoted followers of teachings
- templeSacred worship structure
treasury · offering · lepton · scribes · Pharisees · hypocrisy · lesson · humility · parable · teaching
selflessness
Prioritizing others over oneself
surrender · renunciation · wholehearted · unstinting · self-denial · dedication
destitution
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
hardship · privation · neediness · scarcity · subsistence · impoverishment · lack · deprivation
charity
Voluntary aid for others
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- magnanimityGenerous, noble spirit
openhandedness · kindness · compassion · goodwill · beneficence · liberality · bigheartedness · graciousness
- GospelsJesus, gospels, Jesus Christ, apostles, Gospel of Mark
- Bible moneymammon, tithe, alms, shekel, denarius
- charitable givingcharitable gift, charitable gifts, donation, donations, contribution
- offeringsburnt offering, altar offerings, sin offering, peace offering, oblations
widow's mitetoken gesture
Insincere symbolic action
spare change · drop in the bucket · tax write-off · pocket change · pocket money
widow's miteking's ransom
Enormous sum of money
princely sum · fortune · windfall · bonanza · treasure
mite, widowed, widower, mites, widowhood, widowing, widowers