37 and was a widow for 84 years.[a] She did not leave the temple complex, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.(A)

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  1. Luke 2:37 Or she was a widow until the age of 84

37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.[a](A) She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.(B)

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  1. Luke 2:37 Or then had been a widow for eighty-four years.

26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them—but to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

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26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.(A)

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12 Just as He neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow.(A) A large crowd from the city was also with her.

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12 As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

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He also saw a poor widow dropping in two tiny coins.[a](A)

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  1. Luke 21:2 Lit two lepta; the lepton was the smallest and least valuable Gk coin in use.

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

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