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

2He noticed a poor widow drop in two small coins. 3He said, “I can guarantee this truth: This poor widow has given more than all the others. All of these people have given what they could spare. But she, in her poverty, has given everything she had to live on.” 5Some ⌞of the disciples⌟ were talking about the temple complex. They noted that it was built with fine stones and decorated with beautiful gifts. So Jesus said, 6“About these buildings that you see—the time will come when not one of these stones will be left on top of another. Each one will be torn down.”

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 8:43A woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years was in the crowd. No one could cure her.
• Luke 15:12The younger son said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the property.’ So the father divided his property between his two sons.
• Acts 2:44All the believers kept meeting together, and they shared everything with each other.
• Acts 4:34None of them needed anything. From time to time, people sold land or houses and brought the money

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

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Abundance
• Commotion
• Distress
• Gainsay
• Gospels
• 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