Luke 21:1 - Easy To Read Version Jesus saw some rich people putting their gifts for God into the temple money box. {\cf2\super [329]} More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition LOOKING UP, [Jesus] saw the rich people putting their gifts into the treasury. American Standard Version (1901) And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury. Common English Bible Looking up, Jesus saw rich people throwing their gifts into the collection box for the temple treasury. Catholic Public Domain Version And looking around, he saw the wealthy putting their donations into the offertory. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version AND looking on, he saw the rich men cast their gifts into the treasury. |
Shishak took the treasures from the Lord’s temple and from the king’s palace. He even took the gold shields that David had taken from the officers of Hadadezer, king of Aram. David had taken these shields to Jerusalem. But Shishak took all the gold shields.
So Jehoiada the priest took a box and made a hole in the top of it. Then Jehoiada put the box on the south side of the altar. This box was by the door where people came into the Lord’s temple. Some of the priests guarded the doorway [143] of the temple. Those priests took the money people had given to the Lord, and they put that money into that box.
Nebuchadnezzar took from Jerusalem all the treasures in the Lord’s temple [317] and all the treasures in the king’s house. Nebuchadnezzar cut up all the golden dishes that Solomon king of Israel had put in the Lord’s temple. This happened just like the Lord said.
Nebuchadnezzar carried all the things in God’s temple away to Babylon. He took all the valuable things from the temple, from the king, and from the king’s officials.
I put these men in charge of the storerooms: Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the teacher, and a Levite named Pedaiah. And I made Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, their helper. I knew I could trust these men. They were responsible for giving the supplies to their relatives.
The leading priests picked up the silver coins in the temple. They said, “Our law does not allow us to keep this money with the temple money, because this money has paid for a man’s death.”
But they are mean to widows {\cf2\super [328]} and steal their homes. Then they try to make themselves look good by saying long prayers. God will punish these people very much.”
Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the temple {\cf2\super [132]} area. He was near the place where all the people came to give money. But no person arrested him. The right time for Jesus had not yet come.
All the silver and gold and the things made from bronze and iron belong to the Lord. Those things must be put in the Lord’s treasury.”
Then the people of Israel burned the whole city. They burned everything in the city except the things made from silver, gold, bronze, and iron. They put those things in the Lord’s treasury.