GUARD YOUR MONEY BOX!

My dad was a business owner and he bought his money box home each night.
I guess I can say my Grandma had  some sort of money box. She had a large sock pinned inside of her dress. Some of her money was kept in it.

The dictionary's definition shows 
that a money box can be a cash 
box for the home, a strong box 
for cash and valuables, and a cash register. 

I found out during my Bible study 
that the money box is discussed 
in the New Testament. Jesus let 
Judas take use a money box. 

Here are some scriptures that
show how the money box was
used in Bible days:
  

DEPICTION OF WIDOW WITH TWO MITES

Mark 12: 41-44

⁴¹ Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury 
and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich 
put in much.
⁴² Then one poor widow came and 
threw in two mites, which make a quadrans. 
⁴³ So He called His disciples to Himself 
and said to them,“Assuredly, I say to
you that this poor widow has put in 
more than all those who have given 
to the treasury;  
⁴⁴ for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her 
poverty put in all that she had, 
her whole livelihood.”

DEPICTION OF WOMAN WITH OIL 

JOHN 12:5-8
⁵ “Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii  and given to the poor?”  
⁶ This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and
had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.
⁷ But Jesus said, “Let her alone; she has kept this for the day of My burial.  
⁸ For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.”

DEPICTION: JUDAS WITH THE MONEY


JOHN 13: 21-22, 26-30

²¹ When Jesus had said these things, He was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, one
of you will betray Me.”  
²² Then the disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom He
spoke.
 
²⁶ Jesus answered, “It is he to whom
I shall give a piece of bread when I 
have dipped it.” And having dipped 
the bread, He gave it to Judas Iscariot, 
the son of Simon.  
²⁷ Now after the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.” 
²⁸ But no one at the table knew for
what reason He said this to him.  
²⁹ For some thought, because Judas
had the money box, that Jesus had 
said to him, “Buy those things we 
need for the feast,” or that he 
should give something to the poor.
³⁰ Having received the piece of bread,
he then went out immediately. And it
was night.