“While [Jesus] stood in the temple, he also gave the verdict of which we are speaking. In the following verses, you have: "Jesus spoke these words in the treasury while teaching in the temple. And no one seized him." What is the treasury? It is the contribution of the faithful, the bank of the poor, and the refuge of t…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — LETTERS TO LAYMEN 84
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1And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
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— Luke 21:1 —
2And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
3And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: