Luke 21:5

And to some who were about the Temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones votive offerings, he said,

Montgomery New Testament

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

4"for these men have all contributed to the offering out of their surplus, but she, out of her want, contributed all she had to live on."

6"As for what you are looking at, the time is coming when not one stone will be left upon another, that shall not be thrown down."

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Cross References

Matthew 24:1Then Jesus left the Temple courts and was walking away, when his disciples came to point out to him the Temple buildings.

John 2:20The Jews retorted, "This Temple took forty-six years to build, and will you ‘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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