Luke 21:1
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The Widow’s Offering
21 While Jesus was in the Temple, he watched the rich people dropping their gifts in the collection box.
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Mark 12:41-44
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The Widow’s Offering
41 Jesus sat down near the collection box in the Temple and watched as the crowds dropped in their money. Many rich people put in large amounts. 42 Then a poor widow came and dropped in two small coins.[a]
43 Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has given more than all the others who are making contributions. 44 For they gave a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she had to live on.”
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- 12:42 Greek two lepta, which is a kodrantes [i.e., a quadrans].
John 8:20
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20 Jesus made these statements while he was teaching in the section of the Temple known as the Treasury. But he was not arrested, because his time[a] had not yet come.
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- 8:20 Greek his hour.
Matthew 27:6
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6 The leading priests picked up the coins. “It wouldn’t be right to put this money in the Temple treasury,” they said, “since it was payment for murder.”[a]
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- 27:6 Greek since it is the price for blood.
2 Chronicles 36:18
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18 The king took home to Babylon all the articles, large and small, used in the Temple of God, and the treasures from both the Lord’s Temple and from the palace of the king and his officials.
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2 Kings 24:13
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13 As the Lord had said beforehand, Nebuchadnezzar carried away all the treasures from the Lord’s Temple and the royal palace. He stripped away[a] all the gold objects that King Solomon of Israel had placed in the Temple.
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- 24:13 Or He cut apart.
Nehemiah 13:13
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13 I assigned supervisors for the storerooms: Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah, one of the Levites. And I appointed Hanan son of Zaccur and grandson of Mattaniah as their assistant. These men had an excellent reputation, and it was their job to make honest distributions to their fellow Levites.
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Joshua 6:24
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24 Then the Israelites burned the town and everything in it. Only the things made from silver, gold, bronze, or iron were kept for the treasury of the Lord’s house.
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Joshua 6:19
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19 Everything made from silver, gold, bronze, or iron is sacred to the Lord and must be brought into his treasury.”
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Mark 7:11-13
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11 But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, ‘Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’[a] 12 In this way, you let them disregard their needy parents. 13 And so you cancel the word of God in order to hand down your own tradition. And this is only one example among many others.”
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- 7:11 Greek ‘What I would have given to you is Corban’ (that is, a gift).
1 Kings 14:26
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26 He ransacked the treasuries of the Lord’s Temple and the royal palace; he stole everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made.
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