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Jesus didn't have compassion on this grieving widow only because her son died, for with his death also died her provision. A woman's only provision was through marriage. And if a woman's husband died her son was responsible to care for her. Thus, the death of her son signaled certain poverty. (Few men would marry a widow.) So Jesus' compassion was more geared toward granting her justice in her situation. I wonder if we perceive the implications of social injustice in our culture and attempt to do something about it?