Luke 21:5

As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,

New Heart English Bible

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 these put in gifts from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."

6"As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down."

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Cross References

Matthew 24:1Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.

John 2:20The Jewish leaders therefore said, "Forty-six years was this temple in building, and will you raise it up 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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