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Luke 21:2

Poverty and the vulnerableGenerosity

1 Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,

and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.

3 “Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.

4 For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
KJV
And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
WEB
He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.
ASV
And he saw a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
DARBY
but he saw also a certain poor widow casting therein two mites.
BLB
And He saw a certain poor widow casting there two lepta.
ÅB
Og han så en fattig enke legge to skjerver i den.
OTB
Han la også merke til en fattig enke som la to små kobbermynter.
B1930
Og han så en fattig enke legge to skjerver i den.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Mark 12:42

    Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.

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