The Poor Widow’s Offering
Luke 21:2
In 9 translations
- BSB
- and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.Greek two lepta; a lepton was a Jewish coin of bronze or copper worth about 1/128 of a denarius.
- KJV
- And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
- WEB
- He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.literally, “two lepta.” 2 lepta was about 1% of a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
- ASV
- And he saw a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
- LSV
- and He also saw a certain poor widow casting two mites there,
- YLT
- and he saw also a certain poor widow casting there two mites,
- DBY
- but he saw also a certain poor widow casting therein two mites.
- DRC
- And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites.
- GNV
- And he sawe also a certaine poore widowe which cast in thither two mites:
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
- Word order: Byzantine text place καὶ elsewhere in this verse.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ (“and”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place λεπτὰ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: τινα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τινα; Robinson–Pierpont add καὶ.
- SBLGNT: λεπτὰ δύο. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read λεπτὰ δύο; Robinson–Pierpont read δύο λεπτά.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- εἶδεν δέ τινα χήραν πενιχρὰν βάλλουσαν ἐκεῖ λεπτὰ δύο,
- RP2018
- εἶδεν δέ τινα καὶ χήραν πενιχρὰν βάλλουσαν ἐκεῖ δύο λεπτά,
- TR-Boyd
- εἶδε δέ καὶ τινα χήραν πενιχρὰν βάλλουσαν ἐκεῖ δύο λεπτά,
- SCR1894
- ειδεν δε και τινα χηραν πενιχραν βαλλουσαν εκει δυο λεπτα
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- Mark 12:42Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
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