Luke 21:1-4

The Widow’s Offering

1 ¹Jesus^[a] looked up and saw the rich ²putting their gifts into ³the offering box,

2 and he saw a poor widow put in two ⁴small copper coins. ^[b]

3 And he said, “Truly, I tell you, ⁵this poor widow has put in more than all of them.

4 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her ⁶poverty put in all ⁷she had to live on. ”

Cross References

• 1. 21:1 For ver. 1-4, see Mark 12:41-44
• 2. 21:1 2 Kgs. 12:9
• 3. 21:1 John 8:20 (Gk.)
• 4. 21:2 ch. 12:59
• 5. 21:3 [2 Cor. 8:2, 12]
• 6. 21:4 [Phil. 4:11]
• 7. 21:4 ch. 8:43

Footnotes

• [a] 21:1 Greek 'He'
• [b] 21:2 Greek 'two lepta'; a 'lepton' was a Jewish bronze or copper coin worth about 1/128 of a 'denarius' (which was a day’s wage for a laborer)