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Confrontation in the Temple over Money(A)

15 When they came to Jerusalem, he went into the Temple and began to throw out those who were selling and those who were buying in the Temple. He overturned the moneychangers’ tables and the chairs of those who sold doves. 16 He wouldn’t even let anyone carry a vessel through the Temple. 17 Then he began to teach them: “It is written, is it not, ‘My house is to be called a house of prayer for all nations’?[a] But you’ve turned it into a hideout[b] for bandits!” 18 When the high priests and elders heard this, they began to look for a way to kill him, because they were afraid of him, since the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching. 19 When evening came, Jesus and his disciples[c] would leave the city.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 11:17 Cf. Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11
  2. Mark 11:17 Lit. cave
  3. Mark 11:19 Lit. came, they

15 Then kai they went erchomai into eis Jerusalem Hierosolyma. And kai entering eiserchomai eis the ho temple hieron, he began archō to drive ekballō out those ho who were selling pōleō and kai those ho who were buying agorazō in en the ho temple hieron; and kai he overturned katastrephō the ho tables trapeza of the ho money kollybistēs changers and kai the ho chairs kathedra of those ho who were selling pōleō · ho pigeons peristera, 16 and kai he would not ou allow aphiēmi anyone tis to carry diapherō merchandise skeuos through dia the ho temple hieron. 17 And kai he was teaching didaskō and kai saying legō to them autos, “ Is it not ou written graphō, · ho My egō house oikos shall be called kaleō a house oikos of prayer proseuchē for all pas the ho nations ethnos’? But de you hymeis have made poieō it autos ‘a hideout spēlaion for robbers lēstēs.’” 18 And kai the ho ruling archiereus priests and kai the ho scribes grammateus heard akouō of this and kai began seeking zēteō how pōs they could destroy apollymi him autos, for gar they feared phobeomai him autos, because gar all pas the ho people ochlos were impressed ekplēssō by epi · ho his autos teaching didachē.

19 And kai when hotan evening opse came ginomai, they went ekporeuomai out exō of the ho city polis.

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