Luke 21:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 8:43 : 43 Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years but could not be healed by anyone.
  • Luke 15:12 : 12 The younger of them said to his father,‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.
  • Acts 2:44-45 : 44 All who believed were together and held everything in common, 45 and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need.
  • Acts 4:34 : 34 For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales

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  • 92%

    40 They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment.”

    41 The Widow’s Offering Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.

    42 And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.

    43 He called his disciples and said to them,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.

    44 For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had.”

  • Luke 21:1-3
    3 verses
    91%

    1 The Widow’s Offering Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.

    2 He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.

    3 He said,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.

  • 5 The Signs of the End of the Age Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,

  • Mark 14:5-9
    5 verses
    70%

    5 It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!” So they spoke angrily to her.

    6 But Jesus said,“Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.

    7 For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!

    8 She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.

    9 I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

  • 7 So Jesus said,“Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.

  • 20 She opened her hand to the poor, and extended her hands to the needy.

  • 9 A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.

  • 5 But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.

  • 15 The rich are not to pay more and the poor are not to pay less than the half shekel when giving the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your lives.

  • Matt 26:9-13
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    9 It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!”

    10 When Jesus learned of this, he said to them,“Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.

    11 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!

    12 When she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

    13 I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

  • Acts 4:34-35
    2 verses
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    34 For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales

    35 and placing them at the apostles’ feet. The proceeds were distributed to each, as anyone had need.

  • 2 Cor 9:6-7
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    6 My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

    7 Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver.

  • 37 sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and placed it at the apostles’ feet.

  • 17 Every one of you must give as you are able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you.

  • 15 as it is written:“The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”

  • 5 “Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”

  • 17 The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.

  • 16 If a believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need.

  • 15 I will abundantly supply what she needs; I will give her poor all the food they need.

  • 37 She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.

  • 2 that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.

  • 45 and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need.

  • 5 So she left him and closed the door behind her and her sons. As they were bringing the containers to her, she was pouring the olive oil.

  • 24 When Jesus noticed this, he said,“How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

  • 16 If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

  • 29 Then the Levites(because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work you do.

  • 41 But give from your heart to those in need, and then everything will be clean for you.

  • 9 you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

  • 10 “Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out blessing for you until there is no room for it all.

  • 25 But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up three and a half years, and there was a great famine over all the land.

  • 20 Then he looked up at his disciples and said:“Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.

  • 26 She had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet instead of getting better, she grew worse.

  • 26 All day long he has craved greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • 10 You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.