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# Connecting Statement:
This is the next event in the story. Possible setting: 1) this may have occurred on the same day that Jesus was questioned by the Sadducees ([Luke 20:27](../20/27.md)) or 2) this may be a different day. Jesus begins teaching his disciples. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
# gifts
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"gifts of money"
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# treasury
"collection box" or "money box." This was one of the boxes in the temple courtyard where people put money as a gift to God.
# a certain poor widow
This is a way of introducing a new character to the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-participants]])
# two mites
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"two small coins" or "two tiny copper coins." These were the least valuable of the coins people used then. AT: "two pennies" or "two small coins of little value" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bmoney]])
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# Truly I say to you
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This means that what Jesus was about to say was very important.
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# I say to you
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Jesus was talking to his disciples. The word "you" is plural. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# this poor widow put in more than all of them
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God considers her gift, a small amount of money, more significant than the large amounts of money the men gave. AT: "the small gift of this widow was more valuable than larger gifts of the rich men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# gave gifts out of their abundance
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"have a lot of money but only gave a small portion of it"
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# out of her poverty
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"who has very little money"
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]