Cleansing the Temple

¹³ The Jewish Passover^(A) was near, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.^{(B) 14} In the temple^(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 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)

⁵ Let your graciousness^[a] be known to everyone. The Lord is near.^(A)