Luke 21:5

When some of them spoke about the Temple being decorated with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus 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

4for everyone else here put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, has put in all she had to live on.”

6“As for these things that you are looking at, a time is coming when not one stone will be left on another here. Every one will be thrown down.”

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Cross References

Matthew 24:1Leaving the Temple Courts, Jesus was walking away, when his disciples came up to draw his attention to the Temple buildings.

John 2:20“This Temple,” the authorities replied, “has been forty-six years in building, and are you going to ‘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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