Luke 21:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

² And He saw a certain poor widow throwing two small copper coins into it [Note: These two coins amounted to about ten minutes of a farm laborer’s pay, or about $1.50 in 2005].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And He saw also a poor widow putting in two mites (copper coins).

American Standard Version (1901)

² And he saw a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

Common English Bible

² He also saw a poor widow throw in two small copper coins worth a penny.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Then he also saw a certain widow, a pauper, putting in two small brass coins.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites.

Luke 21:2 Cross References

Mark 12:42

A poor widow came and threw in two small copper coins [Note: These two coins each amounted to about ten minutes’ worth of a farm laborer’s pay, or about $1.50 in 2005]. The total she gave was equivalent to a larger coin [i.e., worth twice as much].

Luke 21:3

So, He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has thrown in more than all the rest [i.e., referring to the many rich people who were also throwing in money].