Luke 21:3
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“Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.
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And he said--"to His disciples," whom He "called to Him" (Mar 12:43), to teach from it a great future lesson. more than . . . all--in proportion to her means, which is God's standard (Co2 8:12).
Open source ↗In this chapter we have, I. The notice Christ took, and the approbation he gave, of a poor widow that cast two mites into the treasury (Luk 21:1-4). II. A prediction of future events, in answer to his disciples' enquiries concerning them (Luk 21:5-7). 1. Of what should happen between that and the destruction of Jerusalem - false Christs arising, bloody wars and persecutions of Christ's followers (Luk 21:8-19). 2. Of that destruction itself (Luk 21:20-24). 3. Of the second coming of Jesus Christ to judge the world, under the type and figure of that (Luk 21:25-33). III. A practical application of this, by way of caution and counsel (Luk 21:34-36), and an account of Christ's preaching and the people's attendance on it (Luk 21:37, Luk 21:38).
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For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,
But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
But I tell you truthfully, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.