John 2:13-25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Cleansing the Temple Complex
13 The Jewish Passover(A) was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.(B) 14 In the temple complex(C) He found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and He also found the money changers sitting there. 15 After making a whip out of cords,(D) He drove everyone out of the temple complex with their sheep(E) and oxen. He also poured out the money changers’ coins and overturned the tables. 16 He told those who were selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning My Father’s(F) house(G) into a marketplace!”[a](H)
17 And His disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal(I) for Your house will consume(J) Me.(K)[b]
18 So the Jews replied to Him, “What sign of authority will You show us for doing these things?”
19 Jesus answered, “Destroy this sanctuary,(L) and I will raise it up in three days.”(M)
20 Therefore the Jews said, “This sanctuary took 46 years to build, and will You raise it up in three days?”(N)
21 But He was speaking about the sanctuary of His body.(O) 22 So when He was raised from the dead,(P) His disciples remembered that He had said this.(Q) And they believed the Scripture(R) and the statement Jesus had made.
23 While He was in Jerusalem(S) at the Passover Festival,(T) many trusted in His name(U) when they saw the signs He was doing. 24 Jesus, however, would not entrust Himself to them, since He knew them all 25 and because He did not need anyone to testify about man; for He Himself knew what was in man.(V)
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