Lucas 21:2

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2 Y vi贸 tambi茅n una viuda pobrecilla, que echaba all铆 dos blancas.

Lucas 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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Lucas 21:2 In-Context

1 Y MIRANDO, vi贸 谩 los ricos que echaban sus ofrendas en el gazofilacio.
2 Y vi贸 tambi茅n una viuda pobrecilla, que echaba all铆 dos blancas.
3 Y dijo: De verdad os digo, que esta pobre viuda ech贸 m谩s que todos:
4 Porque todos estos, de lo que les sobra echaron para las ofrendas de Dios; mas 茅sta de su pobreza ech贸 todo el sustento que ten铆a.
5 Y 谩 unos que dec铆an del templo, que estaba adornado de hermosas piedras y dones, dijo:
The Reina-Valera Antigua (1602) is in the public domain.