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Andκαὶhe said,εἶπεν“I tellλέγωyouὑμῖνtrulyἈληθῶςthatὅτιthisαὕτηpoorἡ πτωχὴwidowἡ χήραput inἔβαλενmoreπλεῖονthan all of them;πάντων
Luke 21:3
Study it in the app“And he said, “I tell you truly that this poor widow put in more than all of them;”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 21:3, word by word
- he saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- trulyἈληθῶςAlēthōs
truly
Truly, really.
Where else “Alēthōs” appears- poorπτωχὴptōchē
poor
Someone who has nothing to live on.
Where else “ptōchē” appears- widowχήραchēra
widow
Widow.
Where else “chēra” appears- put inἔβαλενebalen
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “ebalen” appears- moreπλεῖονpleion
more
Abundantly, often, or to a still higher degree.
Where else “pleion” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The widow's offering
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Luke 21:1-4
1And looking up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury. 2And he saw a certain poor widow putting in there two lepta. 3And he said, “I tell you truly that this poor widow put in more than all of them; 4for all these put in as gifts out of what was left over to them, but she, out of her poverty, put in all the living that she had.”
41And sitting down opposite the treasury, he was watching how the crowd puts copper coins into the treasury. And many rich people were putting in much. 42And one poor widow came and put in two lepta, which is a quadrans. 43And summoning his disciples, he said to them, “Truly I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting into the treasury. 44For they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole living.”
The context
2And he saw a certain poor widow putting in there two lepta.
3 · This verse (above)
4for all these put in as gifts out of what was left over to them, but she, out of her poverty, put in all the living that she had.”
To study Luke 21 in a group
1. What it says
How much did the poor widow put into the offering box, and what does Jesus say about what the rich people gave? (vv. 1-4)
2. What it means
Jesus says the widow put in more than all of them. What is Jesus looking at when he sees an offering? (vv. 3-4)
3. How I live it
Jesus said, “Be careful that your hearts are not weighed down by the worries of this life” (v. 34). What worry could you set down today?