Luke 21:5

And when some spoke of the temple, as adorned with goodly stones and oblations, Jesus said to them:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 all they, from what was superfluous to them, have cast into the receptacle of oblations to God; but she, from her penury, hath cast in all that she possessed.

6As for these things, on which ye gaze, the days will come, in which there will not be left a stone upon a stone, that is not cast down.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:1And Jesus passed out of the temple to go away: and his disciples came to him, showing him the structure of the temple.

John 2:20The Jews said to him: Forty and six years, this temple was building; and wilt thou build it again 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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