Luke 21:1

A poor widow’s offering

1 Looking up, Jesus saw rich people throwing their gifts into the collection box for the temple treasury.

Luke 21:1 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 21:1

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;
(See Gill on Mark 12:41).

Luke 21:1 In-Context

1 Looking up, Jesus saw rich people throwing their gifts into the collection box for the temple treasury.

2 He also saw a poor widow throw in two small copper coins worth a penny.

3 He said, "I assure you that this poor widow has put in more than them all.

4 All of them are giving out of their spare change. But she from her hopeless poverty has given everything she had to live on."

5 Some people were talking about the temple, how it was decorated with beautiful stones and ornaments dedicated to God. Jesus said,