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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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  1. Luke 19:46 Lit cave
  2. Luke 19:48 Lit what they would do
  3. Luke 19:48 Lit Him, listening

Confrontation in the Temple over Money(A)

45 Then Jesus[a] went into the Temple and began to throw out those who were selling things. 46 He told them, “It is written, ‘My house is to be called a house of prayer,’[b] but you have turned it into a hideout[c] for bandits!”

47 Then he began teaching in the Temple every day. The high priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him, 48 but they couldn’t find a way to do it, because all the people were eager to hear him.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 19:45 Lit. he
  2. Luke 19:46 Cf. Isa 56:7
  3. Luke 19:46 Lit. cave