Plot to Kill II

Then pain breaks through his voice. "Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets. You throw stones at those God sends to you. I wanted to gather your children the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you would not let me." His eyes fill with tears. "Your house will be left empty."

Jesus sits near the Temple offering box and watches. Rich people drop in big handfuls of coins. Clink, clink, clink. Then a poor widow steps forward. She drops in two tiny coins, so small they barely make a sound. Jesus calls his disciples close. "She gave more than all the rest. They gave from...

Greeks arrive at the festival. Strangers from far away, asking to see Jesus. They find Philip. Philip finds Andrew. Together they go to Jesus. He lifts his head, and something changes in his eyes. "The time has come," he says. "The Son of Man will be glorified."

Matt 23:37