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Jesus Uses The Widow’s Offering To Illustrate True Giving

21 And having looked-up, He saw the rich ones throwing their gifts into the treasury[a]. And He saw a certain needy widow throwing two leptos[b] there. And He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow threw more than all.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 21:1 See Mk 12:41.
  2. Luke 21:2 This copper coin was the smallest denomination of Jewish coins, 1/128th of a denarius.

The Widow’s Offering(A)

21 As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury.(B) He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.

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21 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

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