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Luke 21:1

Money and wealthGenerosity
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:

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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.

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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)

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  • Mark 12:41–44

    And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

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  • John 8:20

    These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:18

    And 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.

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  • Matthew 27:6

    And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

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  • Nehemiah 13:13

    And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.

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  • Joshua 6:19

    But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.

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  • 2 Kings 24:13

    And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.

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  • Mark 7:11–13

    But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

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