Luke 21:1
And having looked up, he saw those who did cast their gifts to the treasury — rich men,
Young's Literal Translation
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 casting there two mites,
Cross References
Joshua 6:19and all the silver and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, holy they [are] to Jehovah; into the treasury of Jehovah they come.'
1 Kings 14:26and he taketh the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king, yea, the whole he hath taken; and he taketh all the shields of gold that Solomon made.
2 Chronicles 36:18And all the vessels of the house of God, the great and the small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king and of his princes — the whole he hath brought in to Babylon.
Matthew 27:6And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, 'It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;'
Mark 12:41And Jesus having sat down over-against the treasury, was beholding how the multitude do put brass into the treasury, and many rich were putting 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 →