Luke 21:3

3 And he said, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow cast more than all men.

Luke 21:3 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 21:3

And he said
To his disciples, as the Ethiopic version adds; these he called to him, upon this occasion, as appears from ( Mark 12:43 ) of a truth I say unto you, that this poor woman hath cast in more
than they all:
than all the rich men; not in quantity, but in proportion to her ability; (See Gill on Mark 12:43).

Luke 21:3 In-Context

1 And he beheld, and saw the rich men, that cast their gifts into the treasury;

2 but he saw also a little poor widow casting two farthings. [+forsooth he saw also some little poor widow sending two little moneys/two little minutes, or farthings.]

3 And he said, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow cast more than all men.

4 For why all these of [the] thing that was plenteous to them [For why all these of the abundance, or plenteous, to them] cast into the gifts of God; but this widow of that thing that failed to her, cast all her livelode [sent all her lifelode], that she had.

5 And when some men said of the temple, that it was appareled with good stones and gifts [that it was adorned with good stones and gifts], he said,