Luke 21:2
New International Version
He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins.

New Living Translation
Then a poor widow came by and dropped in two small coins.

English Standard Version
and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.

Berean Standard Bible
and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.

Berean Literal Bible
and He saw a certain poor widow casting in two lepta.

King James Bible
And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

New King James Version
and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites.

New American Standard Bible
And He saw a poor widow putting in two lepta coins.

NASB 1995
And He saw a poor widow putting in two small copper coins.

NASB 1977
And He saw a certain poor widow putting in two small copper coins.

Legacy Standard Bible
And He saw a poor widow putting in two lepta.

Amplified Bible
And He saw a poor widow putting in two small copper coins.

Christian Standard Bible
He also saw a poor widow dropping in two tiny coins.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He also saw a poor widow dropping in two tiny coins.

American Standard Version
And he saw a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he saw also a certain poor widow who cast in two shemonas.

Contemporary English Version
He also saw a poor widow putting in a few cents.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites.

English Revised Version
And he saw a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He noticed a poor widow drop in two small coins.

Good News Translation
and he also saw a very poor widow dropping in two little copper coins.

International Standard Version
Then he saw a destitute widow drop in two small copper coins.

Literal Standard Version
and He also saw a certain poor widow casting two mites there,

Majority Standard Bible
and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.

New American Bible
and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins.

NET Bible
He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.

New Revised Standard Version
he also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.

New Heart English Bible
He saw a certain poor widow casting in two lepta.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he saw also a certain poor widow, casting in thither two mites.

Weymouth New Testament
He also saw a poor widow dropping in two farthings,

World English Bible
He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.

Young's Literal Translation
and he saw also a certain poor widow casting there two mites,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Poor Widow's Offering
1Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, 2and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. 3“Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.…

Cross References
Mark 12:42
Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.

Luke 21:3
"Truly I tell you," He said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others.


Treasury of Scripture

And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

mites.

Mark 12:42
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

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Luke 21
1. Jesus commends the poor widow.
5. He foretells the destruction of the temple, and of the city Jerusalem;
25. the signs also which shall be before the last day.
34. He exhorts them to be watchful.














(2) A certain poor widow.--St. Luke's word for "poor" differs from St. Mark's, and seems to have been carefully chosen to express the fact that the widow, though "needy," and compelled to work for her scanty maintenance, was yet not a "beggar," as the more common word for "poor" suggested. It is not found elsewhere in the New Testament.

Verse 2. - And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. The mite (λεπτόν) was the smallest current coin. Two of these little pieces were the smallest legal offering which could be dropped into the "trumpet." But this sum, as the Heart-reader, who knew all things, tells us (ver. 4), was every particle of money she had in the world; and it was this splendid generosity on the part of the poor solitary widow which won the Lord's praise, which has touched the hearts of so many generations since, which has stirred up in so many hearts an admiration of an act so strangely beautiful, but well-nigh inimitable.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
and
δέ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

He saw
εἶδεν (eiden)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

a
τινα (tina)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

poor
πενιχρὰν (penichran)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3998: Poor, needy. Prolongation from the base of penes; necessitous.

widow
χήραν (chēran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5503: Feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of chasma through the idea of deficiency; a widow, literally or figuratively.

put
βάλλουσαν (ballousan)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 906: (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw.

in
ἐκεῖ (ekei)
Adverb
Strong's 1563: (a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there. Of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither.

two
δύο (dyo)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 1417: Two. A primary numeral; 'two'.

small copper coins.
λεπτὰ (lepta)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3016: Neuter of a derivative of the same as lepis; something scaled, i.e. A small coin.


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