Luke 21:3

Luke 21:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
• New International Version (NIV)“Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said, "Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all;

Context of Luke 21:3

1He looked up and saw the rich dropping their offerings into the temple treasury. 2He also saw a poor widow dropping in two tiny coins. “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all of them. 4For all these people have put in gifts out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.” 5As some were talking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said,

Luke 21:3 word by word

Καὶ εἶπεν· ἀληθῶς λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἡ χήρα αὕτη ἡ πτωχὴ πλεῖον πάντων ἔβαλεν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Of a truthἀληθῶςalēthōs · trulyG230
• I sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• poorπτωχόςptōchos · poorG4434
• widowχήραchēra · widowG5503
• hath cast inβάλλωballō · to throw: putG906
• moreπλείων, πλεῖονpleiōn pleion pleon · greaterG4119
• than they allπᾶςpas · allG3956

Cross-references for Luke 21:3

• Luke 4:25But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land.
• Luke 9:27Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”
• Luke 12:44Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
• Acts 4:27“For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,
• Acts 10:34Peter began to speak: “Now I truly understand that God doesn’t show favoritism,
• Exodus 35:21Everyone whose heart was moved 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.
• Mark 12:43Summoning his disciples, he said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.
• Mark 14:8She has done what she could; she has anointed my body in advance for burial.
• 2 Corinthians 8:2During a severe trial brought about by affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
• 2 Corinthians 9:6The point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

Commentaries on Luke 21:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-4Verses 1-4 See this explained in the notes at Mark 12:41-44. Luke 21:4 Penury - Poverty. See this explained in the notes at Mark 12:41-44.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Jesus set the sacrificial offering of the poor widow in contrast to the greed and hypocrisy of the rich people, including the teachers of religious law (20:45–47).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. And he said--"to His disciples," whom He "called to Him" (Mr 12:43), to teach from it a great future lesson. more than ... all--in proportion to her means, which is God's standard (2Co 8:12).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 21:3

• Duty
• Judgment
• Liberality
• Responsibility
• Self-Denial
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Abundance
• Commotion
• Distress
• Gainsay
• Gospels
• Lift
• Look
• Mouth
• Surfeiting
• Terrify

Commentaries on Luke 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings