Luke 21:4

Luke 21:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
• New International Version (NIV)All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on."
• New King James Version (NKJV)for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had.”

Context of Luke 21:4

2Then he saw a woman coming there. Her husband had died and she was very poor. She put two small coins that had only a little value into the box. 3‘Let me tell you this,’ Jesus said. ‘This poor woman has put a better gift into the box than all the other people have put in there. All those rich people have plenty of money. They only gave a small part of that. But this woman has almost nothing. She put everything that she had into the box. That money was what she needed to live.’ 5Some of Jesus' disciples were talking about the temple. They spoke about the many beautiful stones in the walls. They also spoke about the many gifts to God that people had put there. 6Jesus said to them, ‘You can see all these beautiful things now. But a day is coming when enemies will completely destroy it all. Not even one stone will remain on top of another stone.’

Luke 21:4 word by word

πάντες γὰρ οὗτοι ἐκ τοῦ περισσεύοντος αὐτοῖς ἔβαλον εἰς τὰ δῶρα αὕτη δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ὑστερήματος αὐτῆς πάντα τὸν βίον ὃν εἶχεν ἔβαλεν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• allἅπαςhapas · allG537
• theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• have ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• abundanceπερισσεύωperisseuō · to exceedG4052
• cast inβάλλωballō · to throw: putG906
• untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the offeringsδῶρονdōron · giftG1435
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• butδέde · thenG1161
• penuryὑστέρημαhusterēma · deficiencyG5303
• the livingβίοςbios · lifeG979
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• she hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192

Cross-references for Luke 21:4

• Luke 8:43There was a sick woman in the crowd who had lost blood for 12 years. She had paid all her money to doctors and now she had no money. But nobody could help her to become well again.
• Luke 15:12The younger son went to his father and said to him, “Father, please give me now my part of your things.” So the father gave both sons the part of his things that each of them should have.
• Acts 2:44All the believers continued to meet together often. They shared all their things with each other.
• Acts 4:34Everyone had as much as they needed. Some believers had land or houses, which belonged to them. They sold those things and then they took the money to the apostles.

Commentaries on Luke 21:4

• 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. 4The size of the gift matters less than the attitude of the person who gives it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. of their abundance--their superfluity; what they had to spare," or beyond what they needed. of her penury--or "want" (Mr 12:44)--her deficiency, of what was less than her own wants required, "all the living she had." Mark (Mr 12:44) still more emphatically, "all that she had--her whole subsistence." Note: (1) As temple offerings are needed still for the service of Christ at home and abroad, so "looking down" now, as then "up," Me "sees" who "cast in,"…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 21:4

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

In the dictionaries

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• Abundance
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• Distress
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• Lift
• Look
• Mouth

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