Luke 19:45-48
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Jesus Cleanses the Temple
45 Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling things[a] there, 46 and he said, “It is written,
‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’
but you have made it a den of robbers.”(A)
47 Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him,(B) 48 but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were spellbound by what they heard.
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- 19.45 Other ancient authorities add in it and those who were buying things
Luke 19:45-48
New American Standard Bible
Traders Driven from the Temple
45 (A)And Jesus entered the temple grounds and began to drive out those who were selling, 46 saying to them, “It is written: ‘(B)And My house will be a house of prayer,’ (C)but you have made it a den of robbers.”
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 put Him to death, 48 and yet they could not find [a]anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to [b]every word He said.
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- Luke 19:48 Lit what they would do
- Luke 19:48 Lit Him, listening
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