Luke 19:45-48
Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus Drives Merchants from the Temple
45 (A)And Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling, 46 saying to them, “It is written, ‘(B)And My house shall be a house of prayer,’ (C)but you have made it a robbers’ [a]den.”
47 And (D)He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people (E)were trying to destroy Him, 48 and they could not find [b]anything that they might do, for all the people hung upon [c]every word He said.
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- Luke 19:46 Lit cave
- Luke 19:48 Lit what they would do
- Luke 19:48 Lit Him, listening
Luke 19:45-48
Common English Bible
Jesus clears the temple
45 When Jesus entered the temple, he threw out those who were selling things there. 46 He said to them, “It’s written, My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hideout for crooks.”[a]
47 Jesus was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests, the legal experts, and the foremost leaders among the people were seeking to kill him. 48 However, they couldn’t find a way to do it because all the people were enthralled with what they heard.
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