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Luke 21:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on.” "
Luke 21:4
Verse in Context
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2 He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.
3 He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,
4 for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on.”
5 As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
6 “As for these things which you see, the days will come in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down.”
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Luke 21:1
"He looked up and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury."
Luke 21:2
"He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins."
Luke 21:3
"He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,"
Luke 21:5
"As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,"
Luke 21:6
"“As for these things which you see, the days will come in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down.”"
Luke 21:7
"They asked him, “Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?”"
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