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
Modern English Version
The Widow’s Offering(A)
21 He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts in the treasury. 2 He also saw a poor widow putting in two mites,[a] 3 and He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. 4 For all these out of their abundance have put in their gifts for God. But she out of her poverty has put in all the living she had.”
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- Luke 21:2 Gk. 2 lepta. A lepton, meaning “small” or “thin,” is a fraction of a penny and about 1128 of a denarius, which was a day’s wage. A Jewish bronze or copper coin, it was the smallest coin circulated.
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