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Jesus Drives Merchants from the Temple

15 (A)Then they *came to Jerusalem. And He entered the temple and began to drive out those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling [a]doves; 16 and He was not permitting anyone to carry [b]merchandise through the temple. 17 And He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written, ‘(B)My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? (C)But you have made it a robbers[c]den.” 18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard this, and (D)began seeking how to destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, for (E)the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

19 (F)And when evening came, [d]they were going out of the city.

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  1. Mark 11:15 Lit the doves
  2. Mark 11:16 Lit a vessel
  3. Mark 11:17 Lit cave
  4. Mark 11:19 Jesus and His disciples

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