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Luke 21:3

And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

KJV

καὶ εἶπεν· ἀληθῶς λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἡ χήρα ἡ πτωχὴ αὕτη πλείω πάντων ἔβαλεν·

Greek NT

Et dixit : Vere dico vobis, quia vidua hæc pauper plus quam omnes misit.

Vulgate

And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than they all:

ASV

And he said: Verily, I say to you that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βάλλω
ballo
verb · 125×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
πτωχός
ptochos
adjective · 34×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
χήρα
chera
noun · 26×
ἀληθῶς
alethos
adverb · 18×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἡ πτωχὴ αὕτη | RP: ἡ πτωχὴ αὕτη | WH/Treg/NIV: αὕτη ἡ πτωχὴ
  • ἡ πτωχὴ αὕτηSBLGNT
  • ἡ πτωχὴ αὕτηRobinson-Pierpont
  • αὕτη ἡ πτωχὴWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 8:2 — How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
  • 2Cor 8:12 — For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
  • Acts 10:34 — Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
  • Amos 4:12 — Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
  • Exod 35:21 — And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD’s offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his
  • Mark 12:43 — And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: