Luke 21:2

but he saw also a little poor widow casting two farthings [or two little minutes]. (but he also saw a poor little widow throwing in two mites.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

In Context

1And he beheld, and saw the rich men, that cast their gifts into the treasury;

3And he said, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow cast (in) more than all men. (And he said, I tell you the truth, this poor widow threw in more than everyone else.)

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Cross References

Mark 12:42But when a poor widow was come, she cast two minutes (or she threw in two mites), that is, a farthing.

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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