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forγὰρallπάντεςtheseοὗτοιput inἔβαλονasεἰςgiftsτὰ δῶραout ofἐκwhatτοῦwas left overπερισσεύοντοςto them,αὐτοῖςbutδὲshe,αὕτηout ofἐκherαὐτῆςpoverty,τοῦ ὑστερήματοςput inἔβαλενallπάνταthe livingτὸν βίονthatὃνshe had.”εἶχεν
Luke 21:4
Study it in the app“for 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.””
With the Greek beneath
Luke 21:4, word by word
- put inἔβαλονebalon
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “ebalon” appears- giftsδῶραdōra
offering
What is given to God.
Where else “dōra” appears- was left overπερισσεύοντοςperisseuontos
be left over
For some to remain after everyone has had enough.
Where else “perisseuontos” appears- povertyὑστερήματοςhysterēmatos
lack, need
What is lacking, need, poverty; also a shortcoming.
Where else “hysterēmatos” appears- the livingβίονbion
livelihood
What one has to live on.
Where else “bion” appears- she hadεἶχενeichen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “eichen” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The widow's offering
See them side by side
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
3And he said, “I tell you truly that this poor widow put in more than all of them;
4 · This verse (above)
5And as some were speaking about the temple, that it was adorned with beautiful stones and votive offerings, he said,
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?