The Cleansing of the Temple

¹⁵ And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered into the temple courts^[a] and^[b] began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple courts,^[c] and overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who were selling doves. ¹⁶ And he did not permit anyone to carry objects^[d] through the temple courts.^{[e] 17} And he began to teach^[f] and was saying to them, “Is it not written,

but you have made it a cave of robbers!” ¹⁸ And the chief priests and the scribes heard it,^[h] and began considering^[i] how they could destroy him. For they were afraid of him because the whole crowd was astounded by his teaching. ¹⁹ And when evening came they went out of the city.