Luke 21:3

So he said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them.

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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 a certain poor widow putting in two mites.

4All of these gave gifts out of their abundance. But this widow, out of her poverty, put in all she had to live on.”

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Cross References

Mark 12:43He called his disciples and said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them who contributed to the offering box.

Luke 4:25But in truth I tell you that there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, and a great famine came upon all the land.

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

Acts 10:34Then Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly, I perceive that God does not take anyone's side.

2 Corinthians 8:12For if you are eager to do this deed, it is a good and acceptable thing. It must be based on what a person has, not on what he 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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