46 saying to them, “It is written, (A)‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but (B)you have made it a den of robbers.”

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46 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’[a];(A) but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 19:46 Isaiah 56:7
  2. Luke 19:46 Jer. 7:11

(A)these I will bring to (B)my holy mountain,
    and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
(C)their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
    will be accepted on my altar;
for (D)my house shall be called a house of prayer
    for all peoples.”

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these I will bring to my holy mountain(A)
    and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices(B)
    will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
    a house of prayer for all nations.(C)(D)

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11 (A)Has this house, (B)which is called by my name, (C)become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord.

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11 Has this house,(A) which bears my Name, become a den of robbers(B) to you? But I have been watching!(C) declares the Lord.

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13 “But woe (A)to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you (B)shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you (C)neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:13 Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation

Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!(A) You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.(B)

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12 This is the law of the temple: the whole territory on the top of (A)the mountain (B)all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.

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12 “This is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area(A) on top of the mountain will be most holy.(B) Such is the law of the temple.

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Your (A)decrees are very trustworthy;
    (B)holiness befits your house,
    O Lord, forevermore.

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Your statutes, Lord, stand firm;
    holiness(A) adorns your house(B)
    for endless days.

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A merchant, in whose hands are (A)false balances,
    he loves (B)to oppress.

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The merchant uses dishonest scales(A)
    and loves to defraud.

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