In this story Elijah is fleeing for his life from the threats of the powerful king and queen of his nation. He turns to a widow who is trying to support herself and her son in a time of drought.
He is able to reassure her that God will provide for her needs if she will take care of his.
Did the widow in Mark's gospel know this story? Did the scribes?
The charitable giving index is being revised, but here's the latest report that I could find--from 2004, in Forbes:
American households donate an average 2% of their income to charitable causes each year.
But regional giving rates vary widely across the country. New Englanders, long derided for their stinginess, give an average of only 1.3% of their annual pretax income to charity. However, almost 82% of New England households participate in charitable giving. By contrast, only 65% of the residents of the Southeast and Gulf Coast states give to charity each year. But they give an average 2.2% of their income when they do.
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