What really matters is not what you do in your spare time, or with your surplus cash, but what you do with your real time and with your real wealth, with your real power, with your political influence, with your genuine feelings and concerns. That is where your religion is defined and tested. Jesus' Widow-maker Economics. It will wipe you out if you really listen to it. They didn't want to hear it.
Many rich people put in large sums.
A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. The second economic teaching is a positive example, although hardly less challenging. Jesus points to the widow who is placing her contribution in the box at the temple with approval and awe. The measure of her gift, he says, is its relationship to her wealth and to her heart. She is putting her actual life on the line in the direction of God.