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Luke 21:4

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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.
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  1. Acts 2:44–45Rank 1 from verse 4
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    44And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

    45And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

  2. Luke 15:12Rank 2 from verse 4
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    12And 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.

  3. Acts 4:34Rank 3 from verse 4
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    34Neither 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,

  4. Luke 8:43Rank 4 from verse 4
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    43¶ And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

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Luke 21:4

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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penury

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Poverty, want, destitution, or a condition of having very little or lacking necessary provision.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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living

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Sense 1: Alive or having life. Sense 2: As a noun, one's means of support or possessions.

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21:1AND he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

21:2And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

21:3And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

21:4For 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.

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