Luke 21:1
And Jesus looked upon the rich, who cast their oblations into the treasury.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 cast in two mites.
Cross References
Matthew 27:6And the chief priests took up the silver, and said: It is not lawful to put it into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
Mark 12:41And as Jesus sat over against the treasury-room, he saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. And many rich ones cast 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 →