First Passover—Cleansing the Temple

^13 (A)The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus ^(B)went up to Jerusalem. ^14 (C)And within the temple grounds He found those who were selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. ¹⁵ And He made a whip of ^[a]cords, and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; ¹⁶ and to those who were selling ^(D)the doves He said, “Take these things away from here; stop making ^(E)My Father’s house a ^[b]place of business!” ¹⁷ His ^(F)disciples remembered that it was written: “^(G)Zeal for Your house will consume me.” ^18 (H)The Jews then said to Him, “^(I)What sign do You show us ^[c]as your authority for doing these things?” ¹⁹ Jesus answered them, “^(J)Destroy this ^[d]temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” ^20 (K)The Jews then said, “It took ^(L)forty-six years to build this ^[e]temple, and yet You will raise it up in three days?” ²¹ But He was speaking about ^(M)the ^[f]temple of His body. ²² So when He was raised from the dead, His ^(N)disciples ^(O)remembered that He said this; and they believed ^(P)the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.