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Luke 21:4

GenerosityMoney and wealthFaithPoverty and the vulnerable

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:

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.

5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,

6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

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BSB
For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
KJV
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.
WEB
for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on.”
ASV
for all these did of their superfluity cast in unto the gifts; but she of her want did cast in all the living that she had.
DARBY
for all these out of their abundance have cast into the gifts [of God]; but she out of her need has cast in all the living which she had.
BLB
For these all cast in the gifts out of that which is abounding to them, but she out of her lack cast in all the livelihood that she had.”
ÅB
For alle disse la sine gaver av sin overflod; men hun la av sin fattigdom alt det hun hadde å leve av.
OTB
for de ga alle av sin overflod, men hun, av sin fattigdom, ga alt hun hadde å leve av."
B1930
For alle disse la sine gaver av sin overflod; men hun la av sin fattigdom alt det hun hadde å leve av.

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Cross references

  • Acts 2:44–45

    And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

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  • Luke 15:12

    And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

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  • Acts 4:34

    Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

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  • Luke 8:43

    And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

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