Luke 21:1
Jeshu looked at those rich (persons) who were throwing into the house of treasure their oblations.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 who threw in two shomonee.
Cross References
Matthew 27:6But the chief priests took up the silver, and said, It is not lawful that we throw it into the place of offering, because it is the price of blood.
Mark 12:41AND as Jeshu sat before the house of treasure, he beheld how the multitude cast money into the place of treasure; and many rich threw 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 →