Luke 21:4

4 For all these have of their abundance cast into the offerings of God: but she of her want hath cast in all the living that she had.

Luke 21:4 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 21:4

For all these have of their abundance
Which they had remaining; the same Hebrew word (rty) signifying to remain, and to abound: they had large possessions, and gave in much, and yet had a great deal left; out of which they cast in unto the offerings of God;
or "gifts of God": not as gifts unto him; or among the gifts of God; but into the treasury where the gifts, and freewill offerings were put; the same with the "Corban", in ( Matthew 27:6 ) and so the Syriac version here renders it, "the house of the offering of God": and it is expressed in the plural; because there were several chests, in which these gifts were put, for various uses; (See Gill on Mark 12:41) but she of her penury hath cast in all the living she had;
(See Gill on Mark 12:44).

Luke 21:4 In-Context

2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites.
3 And he said: Verily, I say to you that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all.
4 For all these have of their abundance cast into the offerings of God: but she of her want hath cast in all the living that she had.
5 And some saying of the temple that it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said:
6 These things which you see, the days will come in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down.
The Douay-Rheims Bible is in the public domain.