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The Poor Widow Gave More

21 Jesus looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the offering box. He saw a poor widow there putting in two small coins.[a] He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than everyone,

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 21:2 Literally lepta. One lepton was a coin worth about 1⁄128 of an agricultural worker’s daily wages.

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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