Luke 21:5

And [as] some were speaking about the temple, that it has been adorned with good stones and devoted things, He said,

Literal Standard Version

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

4for all these out of their superabundance cast into the gifts to God, but this one out of her want, all the living that she had, cast in.”

6“These things that you behold—days will come in which there will not be left a stone on a stone that will not be thrown down.”

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Cross References

Matthew 24:1And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and His disciples came near to show Him the buildings of the temple,

John 2:20The Jews, therefore, said, “This temple was built [in] forty-six years, and will You raise it up 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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