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The Widow’s Offering

21 (A)And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury. And He saw a poor widow putting [a]in (B)two [b]lepta. And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them. For they all put in their gifts out of their abundance; but she, out of what she lacked, put in all [c]that she had (C)for living.”

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  1. Luke 21:2 Lit there
  2. Luke 21:2 Smallest Greek copper coin, approx. 1/128 of a laborer’s daily wage
  3. Luke 21:4 Lit the living that she had

A poor widow’s offering

21 Looking up, Jesus saw rich people throwing their gifts into the collection box for the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow throw in two small copper coins worth a penny.[a] He said, “I assure you that this poor widow has put in more than them all. All of them are giving out of their spare change. But she from her hopeless poverty has given everything she had to live on.”

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  1. Luke 21:2 Or two lepta