Luke 21:3

So he said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all the others.

Text-Critical English NT

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 also saw a poor widow there putting in two small copper coins.

4For they have all put in gifts for God out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, has put in all that she had to live on.”

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Cross References

Mark 12:43So Jesus called his disciples over and said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put more money into the treasury than all the others.

Luke 4:25But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three years and six months and a severe famine came over all the land,

Luke 12:44Truly I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions.

Acts 10:34Then Peter opened his mouth and said, “Now I truly understand that God shows no partiality,

2 Corinthians 8:12For if the eager willingness is there, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does 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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