Luke 21:2

Instructions of Commodianus

In the treasury, besides, thou oughtest to give of thy labour, even as that widow whom the Anointed One preferred.[21]

Gregory Thaumaturgus Oration and Panegyric Addressed to Origen

d yet as of good feeling, and as measuring not the capacity of him whom they honour, but only their own, they ought to pay him honour according to the present measure of their power,-a tribute which will probably be grateful and pleasant to him who is honoured, and in no less consideration with him than it would have been had it been some great and splendid offering, if it is only presented with decided earnestness, and with a sincere mind. Thus is it laid down in the sacred writings,[22]