Luke 21:4

For 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."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

3and He said, "In truth I tell you that this widow, so poor, has thrown in more than any of them.

5When some were remarking about the Temple, how it was embellished with beautiful stones and dedicated gifts, He said,

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Cross References

Luke 8:43And a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage--and had spent on doctors all she had, but none of them had been able to cure her--

Acts 2:44And all the believers kept together, and had everything 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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