Luke 21:1
And looking up, he saw the men of wealth putting their offerings in the money-box.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
In Context
2And he saw a certain poor widow putting in a farthing.
Cross References
Joshua 6:19But all the silver and gold and the vessels of brass and iron are holy to the Lord: they are to come into the store-house of the Lord.
1 Kings 14:26And took away all the stored wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the king's house, and all the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.
2 Chronicles 36:18And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the stored wealth of the Lord's house and the wealth of the king and his chiefs, he took away to Babylon.
Matthew 27:6And the chief priests took the silver and said, It is not right to put it in the Temple store for it is the price of blood.
Mark 12:41And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put 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 →