Luke 21:4 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 21:4

For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

for all these did of their superfluity cast in unto the gifts; but she of her want did cast in all the living that she had.

KJV

For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

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Commentary

6 voices

Leo the Great

SERMON 20.3.1 (461)

Although the spite of some people does not grow gentle with any kindness, nevertheless the works of mercy are not fruitless, and kindness never loses what is offered to the ungrateful. May no one, dearly beloved, make themselves strangers to good works. Let no one claim that his poverty scarcely sufficed for himself and could not help another. What is offered from a little is great, and in the scale of divine justice, the quantity of gifts is not measured but the steadfastness of souls.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (444)

She offered two oboli, which with the sweat of her brow she had earned for her daily living, or what she daily begs for at the hands of others she gives to God, showing that her poverty is fruitful to her. Therefore does she surpass the others, and by a just award receives a crown from God; as it follows, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more, &c.

Ambrose of Milan

LETTERS TO LAYMEN 84 (397)

While [Jesus] stood in the temple, he also gave the verdict of which we are speaking. In the following verses, you have: "Jesus spoke these words in the treasury while teaching in the temple. And no one seized him." What is the treasury? It is the contribution of the faithful, the bank of the poor, and the refuge of the needy.

The Medieval Church1 voice

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

For whatever we offer with an honest heart is well pleasing to God, who hath respect unto the heart, not the substance, nor does He weigh the amount of that which is given in sacrifice, but of that from which it is taken; as it follows, For all these have cast in of their abundance, but she all that she had.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

We learn, for one thing, from these verses — how keenly our Lord Jesus Christ observes the things that are done upon earth. We read that "He looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And He saw also a certain poor widow casting in two mites." We might well suppose that our Lord's mind at this season would have been wholly occupied with the things immediately before Him. His betrayal, His unjust judgment, His cross, His passion, His death — were all close at hand — and He knew it.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πάντες	pantes	all	G3956 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
οὗτοι	houtoi	these	G3778 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	that which	G3588 →
περισσεύοντος	perisseuontos	was abounding	G4052 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
ἔβαλον	ebalon	they cast	G906 →
εἰς	eis	in	G1519 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
δῶρα	dōra	gifts	G1435 →
αὕτη	hautē	she	G3778 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
ὑστερήματος	husterēmatos	poverty	G5303 →
αὐτῆς	autēs	of her	G846 →
πάντα	panta	all	G3956 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
βίον	bion	livelihood	G979 →
ὃν	hon	that	G3739 →
εἶχεν	eichen	she had	G2192 →
ἔβαλεν.¶	ebalen	did cast.	G906 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 8:43
including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.
leads to
- Mark 5:25–26
  And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.
- Matthew 9:20–22
  Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.
- Leviticus 15:25–33
  When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days…
- Luke 13:16
  Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
Through
Acts 4:34
There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,
leads to
- Acts 2:45
  Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.
- Luke 16:9
  I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
- Luke 12:33
  Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
Through
Luke 15:12
The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 21:16–17
  when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.

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Where the connections lead

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06About Luke

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Luke