Luke 21:3

And he said: Truly I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than any one.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

2And he saw also a certain poor widow, who cast in two mites.

4For all they, from what was superfluous to them, have cast into the receptacle of oblations to God; but she, from her penury, hath cast in all that she possessed.

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Cross References

Mark 12:43And Jesus called his disciples, and said to them: Verily I say to you, That this poor widow hath cast into the treasury more than all they that cast in.

Luke 4:25And I tell you the truth, that there were many widows in the house of Israel, in the days of Elijah the prophet, when the heavens were closed up three years and six months, and there was a great famine in all the land:

Luke 12:44Verily I say to you: He will place him over all his possessions.

Acts 10:34And Simon opened his mouth, and said: Truly I discover that God is no respecter of persons.

2 Corinthians 8:12For if there is a willingness, a person is accepted according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.

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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