11 So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, (A)the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”

Jesus Cleanses the Temple(B)

12 (C)Then Jesus went into the temple [a]of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the (D)money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. 13 And He said to them, “It is written, (E)‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a (F)‘den of thieves.’

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  1. Matthew 21:12 NU omits of God

11 The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet(A) from Nazareth in Galilee.”

Jesus at the Temple(B)

12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying(C) and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers(D) and the benches of those selling doves.(E) 13 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’[a](F) but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’[b](G)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:13 Isaiah 56:7
  2. Matthew 21:13 Jer. 7:11