Luke 21:1
And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury.
Revised Version 1895
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 thither two mites.
Cross References
Joshua 6:19But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.
1 Kings 14:26and he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
2 Chronicles 36:18And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
Matthew 27:6And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.
Mark 12:41And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich 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 →