Luke 21:3

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And he said, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has given more than all of them:

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  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.
  • 2 Cor 9:6-7 : 6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them. 7 Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.
  • Exod 35:21-29 : 21 And everyone whose heart was moved, everyone who was guided by the impulse of his spirit, came with his offering for the Lord, for whatever was needed for the Tent of meeting and its work and for the holy robes. 22 They came, men and women, all who were ready to give, and gave pins and nose-rings and finger-rings and neck-ornaments, all of gold; everyone gave an offering of gold to the Lord. 23 And everyone who had blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair and sheepskins coloured red and leather, gave them. 24 Everyone who had silver and brass gave an offering of them to the Lord; and everyone who had hard wood, such as was needed for the work, gave it. 25 And all the women who were expert with their hands, made cloth, and gave the work of their hands, blue and purple and red and the best linen. 26 And those women who had the knowledge, made the goats' hair into cloth. 27 And the rulers gave the beryls and the cut jewels for the ephod and the priest's bag; 28 And the spice and the oil for the light, and the holy oil and the sweet perfumes. 29 The children of Israel, every man and woman, from the impulse of their hearts, gave their offerings freely to the Lord for the work which the Lord had given Moses orders to have done.
  • Mark 12:43-44 : 43 And he made his disciples come to him, and said to them, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting money into the box: 44 Because they all put in something out of what they had no need for; but she out of her need put in all she had, even all her living.
  • Mark 14:8-9 : 8 She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place. 9 And truly I say to you, Wherever the good news goes out through all the earth, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.
  • Luke 4:25 : 25 Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;
  • Luke 9:27 : 27 But truly I say to you, Some of those who are here now will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God.
  • Luke 12:44 : 44 Truly I say to you, he will put him in control of all his goods.
  • Acts 4:27 : 27 For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,
  • Acts 10:34 : 34 Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:
  • 2 Cor 8:2-3 : 2 How while they were undergoing every sort of trouble, and were in the greatest need, they took all the greater joy in being able to give freely to the needs of others. 3 For I give them witness, that as they were able, and even more than they were able, they gave from the impulse of their hearts,

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  • Luke 21:4-5
    2 verses
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    4 For they gave out of their wealth, having more than enough for themselves: but she, even out of her need, has put in all her living.

    5 And some were talking about the Temple, how it was made fair with beautiful stones and with offerings, but he said,

  • Mark 12:40-44
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    90%

    40 Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly.

    41 And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much.

    42 And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing.

    43 And he made his disciples come to him, and said to them, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting money into the box:

    44 Because they all put in something out of what they had no need for; but she out of her need put in all she had, even all her living.

  • Luke 21:1-2
    2 verses
    89%

    1 And looking up, he saw the men of wealth putting their offerings in the money-box.

    2 And he saw a certain poor widow putting in a farthing.

  • Luke 4:25
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    25 Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;

  • 1 Tim 5:3
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    3 Give honour to widows who are truly widows.

  • Luke 18:3
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    3 And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

  • 1 Tim 5:16
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    16 If any woman of the faith has relations who are widows, let her give them help, so that the care of them does not come on the church, and so it may give help to those who are truly widowed.

  • Mark 14:5-9
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    69%

    5 We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.

    6 But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me.

    7 The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.

    8 She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place.

    9 And truly I say to you, Wherever the good news goes out through all the earth, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.

  • Luke 20:47
    69%

    47 Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.

  • Luke 18:21-25
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    21 And he said, All these things I have done from the time when I was a boy.

    22 And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.

    23 But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.

    24 And Jesus, looking at him, said, How hard it is for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God!

    25 It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a man who has much money to come into the kingdom of God.

  • John 12:5-7
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    68%

    5 Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?

    6 (He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)

    7 Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.

  • Matt 19:23-24
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    23 And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.

    24 And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.

  • Luke 6:20
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    20 And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.

  • 1 Tim 5:5
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    5 Now she who is truly a widow and without family puts her hope in God, giving herself to prayer day and night.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    68%

    6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

  • Matt 26:9-11
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    68%

    9 For we might have got much money for this and given it to the poor.

    10 But Jesus, seeing it, said to them, Why are you troubling the woman? she has done a kind act to me.

    11 For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

  • Mark 10:23
    67%

    23 And Jesus, looking round about, said to his disciples, How hard it is for those who have wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

  • Prov 22:9
    67%

    9 He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Matt 23:14
    67%

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  • Mark 10:25
    67%

    25 It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man of wealth to come into the kingdom of God.

  • Luke 12:21
    67%

    21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

  • Job 31:16
    67%

    16 If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

  • Mal 3:10
    67%

    10 Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.

  • Prov 19:17
    67%

    17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

  • Matt 26:13
    67%

    13 Truly I say to you, Wherever this good news goes out in all the world, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.

  • Job 22:9
    67%

    9 You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

  • Luke 18:5
    66%

    5 Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming.

  • Luke 11:41
    66%

    41 But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.

  • Deut 26:12
    66%

    12 When you have taken out a tenth from the tenth of all your produce in the third year, which is the year when this has to be done, give it to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and the child without a father, and the widow, so that they may have food in your towns and be full;

  • Luke 7:12
    66%

    12 Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

  • Luke 12:16
    66%

    16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile: