Luke 21:4

for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that 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

3He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,

5As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,

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Cross References

Luke 8:43A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians and could not be healed by any,

Acts 2:44All 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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