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The Poor Widow’s Offering

Luke 21:3

In 9 translations

BSB
“Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.
KJV
And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
WEB
He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,
ASV
And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than they all:
LSV
and He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow cast in more than all;
YLT
and he said, 'Truly I say to you, that this poor widow did cast in more than all;
DBY
And he said, Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow has cast in more than all;
DRC
And he said: Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
GNV
And he sayd, Of a trueth I say vnto you, that this poore widowe hath cast in more then they all.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Word order: SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place αὕτη elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἡ πτωχὴ αὕτη. Robinson–Pierpont read ἡ πτωχὴ αὕτη; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὕτη ἡ πτωχὴ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ εἶπεν· Ἀληθῶς λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἡ χήρα ἡ πτωχὴ αὕτη πλεῖον πάντων ἔβαλεν·
RP2018
καὶ εἶπεν, Ἀληθῶς λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἡ χήρα ἡ πτωχὴ αὕτη πλεῖον πάντων ἔβαλεν·
TR-Boyd
καὶ εἶπεν, Ἀληθῶς λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἡ χήρα ἡ πτωχὴ αὕτη πλεῖον πάντων ἔβαλεν·
SCR1894
και ειπεν αληθως λεγω υμιν οτι η χηρα η πτωχη αυτη πλειον παντων εβαλεν

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  • 2 Corinthians 8:12For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
  • Acts 10:34Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,
  • 2 Corinthians 8:2–3In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity. For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,
  • Exodus 35:21–29And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments. So all who had willing…
  • Mark 12:43–44Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury. For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in…
  • Acts 4:27In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
  • Mark 14:8–9She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial. And truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
  • Luke 4:25But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
  • Luke 9:27But I tell you truthfully, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
  • Luke 12:44Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
  • 2 Corinthians 9:6–7Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For…

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