Thematic Bible: As widows
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Sometime later Naomi's husband Elimelech died, so she and her two sons were left alone.
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As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.
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Now a wife of one of the prophets appealed to Elisha for help, saying, "Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants."
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So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
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She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
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"Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you."
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Now in those days, when the disciples were growing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Hebraic Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
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And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.
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There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'
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