Luke Chapter 21 verse 2 Holy Bible
And he saw a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
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And he saw a certain poor widow putting in a farthing.
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but he saw also a certain poor widow casting therein two mites.
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And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
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He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.{literally, "two lepta." 2 lepta was about 1% of a day's wages for an agricultural laborer.}
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and he saw also a certain poor widow casting there two mites,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. The mite (λεπτόν) was the smallest current coin. Two of these little pieces were the smallest legal offering which could be dropped into the "trumpet." But this sum, as the Heart-reader, who knew all things, tells us (ver. 4), was every particle of money she had in the world; and it was this splendid generosity on the part of the poor solitary widow which won the Lord's praise, which has touched the hearts of so many generations since, which has stirred up in so many hearts an admiration of an act so strangely beautiful, but well-nigh inimitable.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) A certain poor widow.--St. Luke's word for "poor" differs from St. Mark's, and seems to have been carefully chosen to express the fact that the widow, though "needy," and compelled to work for her scanty maintenance, was yet not a "beggar," as the more common word for "poor" suggested. It is not found elsewhere in the New Testament.