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Selected Verse: Luke 21:2 - Strong Concordance

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Lu 21:2 Strong Concordance And [1161] he saw [1492] also [2532] a certain [5100] poor [3998] widow [5503] casting [906] in thither [1563] two [1417] mites [3016].
  King James And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
two mites--"which make a farthing" (Mar 12:42), the smallest Jewish coin. "She might have kept one" [BENGEL].
 
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42 And [2532] there came [2064] a certain [3391] poor [4434] widow [5503], and she threw in [906] two [1417] mites [3016], which make [3603] a farthing [2835].
42 And [2532] there came [2064] a certain [3391] poor [4434] widow [5503], and she threw in [906] two [1417] mites [3016], which make [3603] a farthing [2835].
3 Blessed [3107] are the poor [4434] in spirit [4151]: for [3754] theirs [846] is [2076] the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772].
41 And [2532] Jesus [2424] sat [2523] over against [2713] the treasury [1049], and beheld [2334] how [4459] the people [3793] cast [906] money [5475] into [1519] the treasury [1049]: and [2532] many [4183] that were rich [4145] cast in [906] much [4183].
42 And [2532] there came [2064] a certain [3391] poor [4434] widow [5503], and she threw in [906] two [1417] mites [3016], which make [3603] a farthing [2835].
42 And [2532] there came [2064] a certain [3391] poor [4434] widow [5503], and she threw in [906] two [1417] mites [3016], which make [3603] a farthing [2835].