Luke 21:1-6

The Widow's Gift

1 He looked up and saw the rich dropping their offerings into the temple treasury.
2 He also saw a poor widow dropping in two tiny coins.[a]
3 "I tell you the truth," He said. "This poor widow has put in more than all of them.
4 For all these people have put in gifts out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on."

Destruction of the Temple Predicted

5 As some were talking about the temple complex, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God,[b] He said,
6 "These things that you see-the days will come when not one stone will be left on another that will not be thrown down!"

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Lit two lepta; the lepton was the smallest and least valuable Gk coin in use.
  • [b]. Gifts given to the temple in fulfillment of vows to God
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