Luke 21:1
Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,
2 and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
3 “Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,
- KJV
- And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
- WEB
- He looked up and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.
- ASV
- And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury.
- DARBY
- And he looked up and saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury;
- BLB
- And having looked up, He saw the ones casting their gifts into the treasury—the rich.
- ÅB
- Og da han så opp, fikk han se de rike legge sine gaver i tempelkisten.
- OTB
- Da Jesus så opp, la han merke til de rike som la sine gaver i tempelkisten.
- B1930
- Og da han så op, fikk han se de rike legge sine gaver i tempelkisten.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 12:41–44
As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
Read in contextJohn 8:20
He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:18
who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.
Read in contextMatthew 27:6
The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
Read in contextNehemiah 13:13
I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.
Read in contextJoshua 6:19
For all the silver and gold and all the articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they must go into His treasury.”
Read in context2 Kings 24:13
As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
Read in contextMark 7:11–13
But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),
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