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Luke 21:3–4

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21:3He5 said, “I tell you the truth,6 this poor widow has put in more than all of them.721:4For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth.8 But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.”9

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  1. 5 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
  2. 6 Grk “Truly, I say to you.”
  3. 7 Has put in more than all of them. With God, giving is weighed evaluatively, not counted. The widow was praised because she gave sincerely and at some considerable cost to herself.
  4. 8 Grk “out of what abounded to them.”
  5. 9 Or “put in her entire livelihood.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all of them. For all these people have put in gifts out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them. For they have given a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she has.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than all of them. For these all put gifts into the offering out of their abundance, but this woman out of her poverty put in all the means of subsistence that she had.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.