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Lukas 21:2

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Lukas 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):

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Lukas 21:2 In-Context

1 Er sah aber auf und schaute die Reichen, wie sie ihre Opfer einlegten in den Gotteskasten.
2 Er sah aber auch eine arme Witwe, die legte zwei Scherflein ein.
3 Und er sprach: Wahrlich ich sage euch: Diese arme Witwe hat mehr denn sie alle eingelegt.
4 Denn diese alle haben aus ihrem Überfluß eingelegt zu dem Opfer Gottes; sie aber hat von ihrer Armut alle ihre Nahrung, die sie hatte, eingelegt.
5 Und da etliche sagten von dem Tempel, daß er geschmückt wäre mit feinen Steinen und Kleinoden, sprach er:
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