Luke 21:3

‘I tell you’, he said ‘that this poor widow has put in more than all the others;

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In The King James Version

And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

In Context

2He saw, too, a widow in poor circumstances putting two small coins into them.

4for everyone else here put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, has put in all she had to live on.’

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Cross References

Mark 12:43Then, calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, ‘I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all the others who were putting money into the chests;

Luke 4:25There were, doubtless, many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the heavens were closed for three years and six months, and a severe famine prevailed throughout the country;

Luke 12:44His master, I tell you, will put him in charge of the whole of his property.

Acts 10:34Then Peter began. ‘I see, beyond all doubt,’ he said, ‘that God does not show partiality,

2 Corinthians 8:12For, where there is willingness, a person’s gift is valued by its comparison with what they have, and not with what they do not have.

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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