Luke 21:1
And He looked up and saw the rich people bringing their gifts to the treasury:
1770 John Worsley NT
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 poor widow throwing in two mites.
Cross References
Matthew 27:6But the chief priests took up the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury of the temple, because it is the price of blood:
Mark 12:41And as Jesus was sitting over against the treasury, He saw how the people threw money into the treasury, and many of the rich put 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 →