Luke 21:3

and He said, "In truth I tell you that this widow, so poor, has thrown in more than any of them.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 dropping in two farthings,

4For from what they could well spare they have all of them contributed to the offerings, but she in her need has thrown in all she had to live on."

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Cross References

Mark 12:43So He called His disciples to Him and said, "In solemn truth I tell you that this widow, poor as she is, has thrown in more than all the other contributors to the Treasury;

Luke 4:25But I tell you in truth that there was many a widow in Israel in the time of Elijah, when there was no rain for three years and six months and there came a severe famine over all the land;

Luke 12:44I tell you truly that He will put him in authority over all His possessions.

Acts 10:34Then Peter began to speak. "I clearly see," he said, "that God makes no distinctions between one man and another;

2 Corinthians 8:12For, assuming the earnest willingness, the gift is acceptable according to whatever a man has, and not according to what he has 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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