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.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- πάντες — SBLGNT
- πάντες — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἅπαντες — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- δῶρα — SBLGNT
- δῶρα — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + τοῦ θεοῦ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- πάντα — SBLGNT
- πάντα — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἅπαντα — Robinson-Pierpont
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.