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Green's Literal Translation

Luke 21:1

And having looked up, He saw the rich ones putting their gifts into the treasury.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Judgment;   Responsibility;   Treasure-Houses;   Thompson Chain Reference - Generosity;   Liberality;   Liberality-Parsimony;   The Topic Concordance - Charity;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Luke, gospel of;   Poor;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Priest, Christ as;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gift;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Widow;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Community of Goods;   Jerusalem;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Kingdom of God;   Treasure, Treasury, Treasurer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Appreciation (of Christ);   Claim;   Ebionism (2);   Gestures;   Giving;   Humility;   Liberality;   Poverty (2);   Temple (2);   Treasury;   Wealth (2);   Widow ;   Winter ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Treasury;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Mite;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mite,;   Treasury,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Treasure;   Treasury (of Temple);  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
While Jesus was sitting in the main church, he watched as rich folks came in and made a flourish of dropping large bills and gold coins into the offering box.
Legacy Standard Bible
And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury.
Bible in Basic English
And looking up, he saw the men of wealth putting their offerings in the money-box.
Darby Translation
And he looked up and saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury;
New King James Version
Mark 12:41-44">[xr] And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,
Christian Standard Bible®
He looked up and saw the rich dropping their offerings into the temple treasury.
World English Bible
He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And looking up, he saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury.
Weymouth's New Testament
Looking up He saw the people throwing their gifts into the Treasury--the rich people.
King James Version (1611)
And he looked vp, and saw the rich men casting their giftes into the treasurie.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he loked vp, and behelde ye riche, how they put in their offerynges in to the Gods chest.
Mace New Testament (1729)
As Jesus was observing the rich casting their offerings into the treasury,
THE MESSAGE
Just then he looked up and saw the rich people dropping offerings in the collection plate. Then he saw a poor widow put in two pennies. He said, "The plain truth is that this widow has given by far the largest offering today. All these others made offerings that they'll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldn't afford—she gave her all!"
Amplified Bible
Looking up, He saw the rich people putting their gifts into the treasury.
American Standard Version
And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury.
Revised Standard Version
He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
As he behelde he sawe the ryche men how they cast in their offeringes into the treasury.
Update Bible Version
And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he looked up, and saw rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
New Century Version
As Jesus looked up, he saw some rich people putting their gifts into the Temple money box.
New English Translation
Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.
Contemporary English Version
Jesus looked up and saw some rich people tossing their gifts into the offering box.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Yeshua looked up, and as he watched the rich placing their gifts into the Temple offering-boxes,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And as he behelde, he sawe the rich men, which cast their giftes into the treasurie.
George Lamsa Translation
JESUS then looked at the rich men who were casting their offerings into the trea sury.
Hebrew Names Version
He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.
International Standard Version
Now Jesushe">[fn] looked up and saw rich people dropping their gifts into the offering box.treasury">[fn]Mark 12:41;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Jeshu looked at those rich (persons) who were throwing into the house of treasure their oblations.
Murdock Translation
And Jesus looked upon the rich, who cast their oblations into the treasury.
New Living Translation
While Jesus was in the Temple, he watched the rich people dropping their gifts in the collection box.
New Life Bible
Jesus looked up and saw rich men putting their money into the money box in the house of God.
English Revised Version
And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,
New Revised Standard
He looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the treasury;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, looking up, he saw the, rich, who were casting their gifts into the treasury, -
Douay-Rheims Bible
And looking on, he saw the rich men cast their gifts into the treasury.
King James Version
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
Lexham English Bible
And he looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the contribution box,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
As he beheld, he sawe the ryche men whiche caste their gyftes into the treasurie.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus looked up and saw some rich people putting their gifts to God into the Temple collection box.
English Standard Version
Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box,
New American Standard Bible
Now He looked up and saw the wealthy putting their gifts into the temple treasury.
Good News Translation
Jesus looked around and saw rich people dropping their gifts in the Temple treasury,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he biheeld, and saye tho riche men, that casten her yiftis in to the treserie;
Young's Literal Translation
And having looked up, he saw those who did cast their gifts to the treasury -- rich men,

Contextual Overview

1 And having looked up, He saw the rich ones putting their gifts into the treasury. 2 And He also saw a certain poor widow putting two lepta there. 3 And He said, Truly I say to you, This poor widow put in more than all. 4 For all these out of their abundance put into the gifts to God, but she out of her poverty put in all the living which she had.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and saw: Mark 7:11-13, Mark 12:41-44

the treasury: Joshua 6:19, Joshua 6:24, 1 Kings 14:26, 2 Kings 24:13, 2 Chronicles 36:18, Nehemiah 13:13, Matthew 27:6, John 8:20

Reciprocal: Leviticus 27:8 - poorer 1 Chronicles 28:11 - the treasuries Ezra 2:68 - offered freely Nehemiah 7:71 - chief Matthew 23:5 - all Romans 12:8 - giveth 2 Corinthians 8:2 - their deep 2 Corinthians 8:12 - if Ephesians 4:28 - that he

Cross-References

Genesis 17:16
and I have blessed her and have also given to you a son from her. Yea, I have blessed her and she shall become nations; kings of people shall be from her.
Genesis 17:19
And God said, Your wife Sarah truly shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. And I have established My covenant with him for a perpetual covenant with his seed after him.
Genesis 17:21
And I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.
Genesis 18:10
And He said, Returning I will return to you at the time of life; and, Behold! A son shall be to your wife Sarah. And Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, and it was behind Him.
Genesis 18:14
Is anything too difficult for Jehovah? At the appointed time I will return to you, at the time of life, and there will be a son to Sarah.
Genesis 21:17
And God heard the voice of the young boy. And the angel of God called to Hagar out of the heavens. And He said to her, What ails you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the boy, there where he is .
Genesis 21:20
And God was with the boy. And he grew up. And he lived in the wilderness and became a great archer.
Genesis 50:24
And Joseph said to his brothers, I am dying, and God visiting will visit you and bring you up from this land to the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Exodus 3:16
Go, and gather the elders of Israel and say to them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers has appeared to me, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, visiting I have visited you and have seen what is done to you in Egypt.
Exodus 4:31
And the people believed. And they heard that Jehovah had visited the sons of Israel, and that He had seen their affliction. And they bowed and worshiped.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he looked up,.... As Christ sat over against the treasury, looking upon the ground, he lift up his eyes; for the treasury was not in an high place, or above Christ, who was right against it. The Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions leave out this clause.

And saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this explained in the notes at Mark 12:41-44.

Luke 21:4

Penury - Poverty. See this explained in the notes at Mark 12:41-44.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXI.

The poor widow casting two mites into the treasury, 1-4.

the destruction of the temple foretold, 5, 6.

The signs of this desolation, 7.

False Christs, 8.

Wars, 9, 10.

Earthquakes and fearful sights, 11.

Persecutions against the godly, 12-19.

Directions how to escape, 20-22.

The tribulation of those times, 23-28.

The parable of the fig tree, illustrative of the time when they

may expect these calamities, 29-33.

The necessity of sobriety and watchfulness, 34-36.

He teaches by day in the temple, and lodges by night in the

mount of Olives, and the people come early to hear him, 37, 38.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXI.

Verse Luke 21:1. The rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. — See all this, from Luke 21:1-4, explained on Mark 12:41-44.


 
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