A Poor Widow’s Offering

21 And he looked up and[a] saw the rich putting their gifts into the contribution box, and he saw a certain poor widow putting in there two small copper coins.[b] And he said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than all of them.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 21:1 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“looked up”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Luke 21:2 This coin was the lepton, worth 1/128 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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