¹⁶ The priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to cleanse it, and they brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord. And the Levites took it and carried it out to ^(A)the brook Kidron.

^16 (A)Even Maacah, ^(B)his mother, King Asa removed from being queen mother because she had made a detestable image ^(C)for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, ^(D)crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.

²³ Thus it was necessary for ^(A)the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴ For Christ has entered, not into holy places ^(B)made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God ^(C)on our behalf.

² For ^(A)a tent^[a] was prepared, the first section, in which were ^(B)the lampstand and ^(C)the table and ^(D)the bread of the Presence.^[b] It is called the Holy Place. ³ Behind ^(E)the second curtain was a second section^[c] called the Most Holy Place, ⁴ having the golden ^(F)altar of incense and ^(G)the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was ^(H)a golden urn holding the manna, and ^(I)Aaron's staff that budded, and ^(J)the tablets of the covenant. ⁵ Above it were ^(K)the cherubim of glory overshadowing ^(L)the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.

⁶ These preparations having thus been made, ^(M)the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties, ⁷ but into the second only ^(N)the high priest goes, and he but ^(O)once a year, and not without taking blood, ^(P)which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people. ⁸ By this the Holy Spirit indicates that ^(Q)the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing

Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

18 When Jesus had spoken these words, ^(A)he went out with his disciples across ^(B)the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.

^27 (A)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like ^(B)whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and ^(C)all uncleanness.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

^12 (A)And Jesus entered the temple^[a] and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of ^(B)the money-changers and the seats of those who sold ^(C)pigeons. ¹³ He said to them, “It is written, ^(D)‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but ^(E)you make it a den of robbers.”

²⁹ And ^(A)I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And ^(B)I will summon the grain and make it abundant and ^(C)lay no famine upon you.

⁷ Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.