Mark 11:15-19

Modern English Version

The Cleansing of the Temple^(A)

¹⁵ And they came to Jerusalem. Jesus went into the temple and began to drive out those who sold and bought in the temple, and He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves. ¹⁶ And He would not allow anyone to carry any vessel through the temple. ¹⁷ And He taught them, and said, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’^[a]? But you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’^[b] ”

¹⁸ The scribes and chief priests heard it and looked for a way to kill Him. For they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His teaching.

¹⁹ When evening came, He went out of the city.