Luke 21:1
And he looked up and saw people casting their offerings into the treasury, and they were rich.
Montgomery New Testament
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 a certain poor widow casting in two mites
Cross References
Matthew 27:6The chief priests took the money, and said, "It would be wrong to put it into the temple-treasury, because it is the price of blood."
Mark 12:41Then Jesus took his seat opposite the treasury and watched the people putting their offerings into the chest. 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 →