Luke 21:2

2 He also saw a poor widow dropping in two tiny coins.^[a]

Luke 21:2 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 21:2

And he saw also a certain poor widow
Whom he took particular notice of above all the rest: the poor, and the widow, are regarded by him, and are his care; nor are their mean services, done in faith, and from a principle of love, despised by him, but preferred to the greater services of others, where faith and love are wanting: casting in thither two mites;
the value of a farthing. The Persic version renders it, "two bottoms of yarn"; (See Gill on Mark 12:42):

Luke 21:2 In-Context

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.

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."

5 As some were talking about the temple complex, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, He said,

Footnotes

• [a] Lit two lepta; the lepton was the smallest and least valuable Gk coin in use.