Luke 21:1
And looking up, He saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,
English Majority Text (NT)
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 putting in two mites.
Cross References
Matthew 27:6But the chief priests, taking the silver coins said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since they are the price of blood.”
Mark 12:41And Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and was observing how the crowd was putting money into the treasury. And many rich people were putting 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 →