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Luke 21:4

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.

KJV

ἅπαντες γὰρ οὗτοι ἐκ τοῦ περισσεύοντος αὐτοῖς ἔβαλον εἰς τὰ δῶρα, αὕτη δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ὑστερήματος αὐτῆς ἅπαντα τὸν βίον ὃν εἶχεν ἔβαλεν.

Greek NT

Nam omnes hi ex abundanti sibi miserunt in munera Dei : hæc autem ex eo quod deest illi, omnem victum suum quem habuit, misit.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βάλλω
ballo
verb · 125×
βίος
bios
noun · 10×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δῶρον
doron
noun · 19×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περισσεύω
perisseuo
verb · 39×
ἅπας
apas
adjective · 42×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑστέρημα
usterema
noun · 9×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: πάντες | WH/NIV: πάντες | Treg/RP: ἅπαντες
  • πάντεςSBLGNT
  • πάντεςWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἅπαντεςTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: δῶρα | WH/NIV: δῶρα | Treg/RP: + τοῦ θεοῦ
  • δῶραSBLGNT
  • δῶραWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + τοῦ θεοῦTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: πάντα | WH/Treg/NIV: πάντα | RP: ἅπαντα
  • πάνταSBLGNT
  • πάνταWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἅπανταRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§2544Jesus enjoins his disciples to prefer him to everything and everyone, and bids them "renounce all that [they have]" for his sake and that of the Gospel.334 Shortly before his passion he gave them the example of the poor widow of Jerusalem who, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on.335 The precept of detachment from riches is obligatory for entrance into the Kingd…

Cross-references

  • Acts 2:44 — And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
  • Acts 4:34 — Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
  • Luke 15:12 — And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.