Scripture · New Testament

Luke 21:2

Luke 21:2 is verse 2 of Luke chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.

Greek two lepta; a lepton was a Jewish coin of bronze or copper worth about 1/128 of a denarius.

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

He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.

literally, “two lepta.” 2 lepta was about 1% of a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.

Luke 21:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,

2 and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.

3 “Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.

4 For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

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Mark 12:42
Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.