Luke 21:1-4
World English Bible
21 He looked up and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury. 2 He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.[a] 3 He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them, 4 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.”
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- 21:2 literally, “two lepta.” 2 lepta was about 1% of a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
Luke 21:1-4
International Standard Version
The Widow’s Offering(A)
21 Now Jesus[a] looked up and saw rich people dropping their gifts into the offering box.[b] 2 Then he saw a destitute widow drop in two small copper coins.[c] 3 He said, “I tell you with certainty, this destitute widow has dropped in more than all of them, 4 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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