Luke 21:1
And having looked up, he saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
In Context
2And he also saw a certain poor widow there casting in two mites.
Cross References
Joshua 6:19But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy to LORD. They shall come into the treasury of LORD.
1 Kings 14:26And he took away the treasures of the house of LORD, and the treasures of the king's house. He even took away all. And he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
2 Chronicles 36:18And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his rulers, all these he brought to Babylon.
Matthew 27:6And after taking the silver pieces, the chief priests said, It is not permitted to put them into the treasury, since it is a price of blood.
Mark 12:41And having sat down opposite the treasury, Jesus watched how the multitude cast money into the treasury, and many rich men cast in much.
Matthew Henry on Luke 21:1
In this chapter we have, I. The notice Christ took, and the approbation he gave, of a poor widow that cast two mites into the treasury, ver. 1-4 . II. A prediction of future events, in answer to his disciples' enquiries concerning them, ver. 5-7 . 1. Of what should happen between that and the destruction of Jerusalem—false Christs arising, bloody wars and persecutions of Christ's followers, ver. 8-19 . 2. Of that destruction itself, ver. 20-24 . 3. Of the second coming of Jesus Christ to judge the world, under the… Read the whole commentary →