Luke 21:5

Then, as some were admiring the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and donations, He said,

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In The King James Version

And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,

In Context

4because all these others put in gifts for God out of their abundance, but she, out of her destitution, put in all she had to live on.”

6“These things that you see—the days will come in which not one stone will be left upon another that will not be thrown down.”

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Cross References

Matthew 24:1So as Jesus was going out, departing from the temple, His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple.

John 2:20So the Jews said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and you will raise it in three days?!”

Matthew Henry on Luke 21:2-5

Christ Commendeth the Poor Widow. 1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. 2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. 3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: 4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. This short passage of story we had before in Mark. It is thus recorded twice, to teach us, 1. That… Read the whole commentary →

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