Luke 21:1
Looking up, Jesus saw the rich people putting their gifts into the chests for the Temple offerings.
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In The King James Version
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
In Context
2He saw, too, a widow in poor circumstances putting two small coins into them.
Cross References
Joshua 6:19No, all the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the Lord and must come to the treasury of the Lord.”
Matthew 27:6The chief priests took the pieces of silver, but they said, “We must not put them into the Temple treasury, because they are blood-money.”
Mark 12:41Then Jesus sat down opposite the chests for the Temple offerings, and watched how the people put money into them. Many rich people were putting in large sums;
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 →