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)

17 And his disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal(I) for your house will consume(J) me.[b](K)

18 So the Jews replied to him, “What sign will you show us for doing these things?”

19 Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple,[c](L) and I will raise it up in three days.”(M)

20 Therefore the Jews said, “This temple took forty-six years to build,[d] and will you raise it up in three days?” (N)

21 But he was speaking about the temple 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:16 Lit a house of business
  2. 2:17 Ps 69:9
  3. 2:19 Or sanctuary, also in vv. 20,21
  4. 2:20 Or was built forty-six years ago

Jesus in Jerusalem at Passover

13 It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 He found in the temple those who were selling cattle, sheep, and doves, as well as those involved in exchanging currency sitting there. 15 He made a whip from ropes and chased them all out of the temple, including the cattle and the sheep. He scattered the coins and overturned the tables of those who exchanged currency. 16 He said to the dove sellers, “Get these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a place of business.” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written, Passion for your house consumes me.[a]

18 Then the Jewish leaders asked him, “By what authority are you doing these things? What miraculous sign will you show us?”

19 Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple and in three days I’ll raise it up.”

20 The Jewish leaders replied, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and you will raise it up in three days?” 21 But the temple Jesus was talking about was his body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered what he had said, and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. John 2:17 Ps 69:9