Luke 21:4

because all these others put in gifts for God out of their abundance, but she, out of her destitution, put in all she had to live on.”

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In The King James Version

For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

In Context

3So He said: “I tell you truly that this poor widow put in more than all of them;

5Then, as some were admiring the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and donations, He said,

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Cross References

Luke 8:43And a woman—suffering with a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent her whole livelihood on physicians, but could not be healed by any—

Acts 2:44Now all who believed were together and had all things in common;

Matthew Henry on Luke 21:2-5

Christ Commendeth the Poor Widow. 1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. 2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. 3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: 4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. This short passage of story we had before in Mark. It is thus recorded twice, to teach us, 1. That… Read the whole commentary →

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