Moral Story

  The widow's offering The widow's offering is a well-known story from the Bible that can be found in the New Testament, specifically in the Gospels of Mark (Mark 12:41-44) and Luke (Luke 21:1-4). It is a story that highlights the concept of sacrificial giving and the value of a person's heart attitude in their giving Here is a summary of the story: Jesus was in the temple in Jerusalem, observing people as they made their offerings. Many wealthy people came and put large sums of money into the temple treasury. However, a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which were worth very little. Jesus, noticing this, called his disciples and pointed out the widow's offering to them. He praised her, saying that she had given more than all the others because she had given out of her poverty, while the wealthy had given out of their abundance. He emphasized that she had given everything she had to live on, whereas the others had given only a portion of their w...

  The Parable of the Lost Son, also known as the Parable of the Prodigal Son, is a famous story from the Bible, specifically from the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament. It is found in Luke 15:11-32 and is a parable told by Jesus to illustrate God's boundless love and forgiveness. Here is a summary of the Parable of the Lost Son: A man had two sons. The younger son came to his father and asked for his share of the inheritance, even though his father was still alive. In a culture where this request was seen as disrespectful and ungrateful, the father surprisingly divided his property between his two sons. The younger son then set off to a distant country, where he squandered all his wealth in wild living. After a severe famine struck the land, the younger son found himself impoverished and in desperate need. He hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into the fields to feed pigs. In his extreme hunger, he longed to eat the pig's food but no one gave...