John 2:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables, 16 and to those who sold doves he said, “Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.”(A) 17 [a]His disciples recalled the words of scripture,(B) “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
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