1 And he looked up [and] saw the rich putting their gifts into the contribution box,
2
and he saw a certain poor widow putting in there two small copper coins.
3
And he said, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than all [of them].
4
For these all put [gifts] into the offering out of their abundance, but this [woman] out of her poverty put in all the means of subsistence that she had."
The Destruction of the Temple Predicted
5 And [while] some were speaking about the temple, that it was adorned with precious stones and votive offerings, he said,
6
"[As for] these [things] that you see--days will come in which not [one] stone will be left on [another] stone that will not be thrown down!"
[a].
*Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("looked up") has been translated as a finite verb
[b].
This coin was the lepton, worth 1/128 of a denarius
[c].
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
[d].
*Here "[while]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were speaking")
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