Luke 21:4

for 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.’

Open English Bible (UK)

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

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

5When some of them spoke about the Temple being decorated with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,

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Cross References

Luke 8:43And a woman, who had suffered from haemorrhage for twelve years, and whom no one could cure,

Acts 2:44All who became believers in Christ held everything for the common use;

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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