Sat down over against the treasury (καθισας κατεναντ του γαζοφυλακιου). The storm is over. The Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodians, sc…

Sat over against. Opposite to, in full sight of.

The treasury. This was in the court of the women. See Matthew 21:12. In th…

And Jesus sat over against the treasury.—The narrative that follows is found in St. Luke also, but not in St. Matthew. Th…

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. And ther…

The Venerable Bede: The Lord, who had warned them to avoid the desire for high status and vainglory, now distinguishes by a sur…

This is the final incident in Jesus’ public ministry. This story contrasts the greed of the teachers of the law with the liberality of the widow. I…

And Jesus sat over against the treasury
the Arabic version reads, "at the door of the treasury"; the place where the…

Let us not forget that Jesus still sees the treasury. He knows how much, and from what motives, people give to his cause. He looks at the heart, an…