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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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Footnotes

  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

The Widow’s Offering(A)

21 Now Jesus[a] looked up and saw rich people dropping their gifts into the offering box.[b] Then he saw a destitute widow drop in two small copper coins.[c] He said, “I tell you with certainty, this destitute widow has dropped in more than all of them, because all the others contributed to the offering[d] out of their surplus, but she, in her poverty, dropped in everything she had to live on.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 21:1 Lit. he
  2. Luke 21:1 Or treasury
  3. Luke 21:2 Lit. lepta, the smallest coin denominated in the 1st century Jewish economy
  4. Luke 21:4 Other mss. read to the offering of God