Luke 21:1
And looking on, he saw the rich men cast their gifts into the treasury.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites.
Cross References
Joshua 6:19But whatsoever gold or silver there shall be, or vessels of brass and iron, let it be consecrated to the Lord, laid up in his treasures.
1 Kings 14:26And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the king's treasures, and carried all off: as also the shields of gold which Solomon had made:
2 Chronicles 36:18And all the vessels of the house of Lord, great and small, and the treasures of the temple and of the king, and of the princes he carried away to Babylon.
Matthew 27:6But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of blood. Corbona... A place in the temple where the people put in their gifts or offerings.
Mark 12:41And Jesus sitting over against the treasury, beheld how the people cast money into the treasury. And many that were rich 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 →