Cleansing the Temple

12 Jesus went into the temple[a](A) and threw out all those buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.(B) 13 He said to them, “It is written, my house will be called a house of prayer,[b] but you are making it a den of thieves!”(C)[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 21:12 Other mss add of God
  2. 21:13 Is 56:7
  3. 21:13 Jr 7:11

Cleansing the temple

12 Then Jesus went into the temple and threw out all those who were selling and buying there. He pushed over the tables used for currency exchange and the chairs of those who sold doves. 13 He said to them, “It’s written, My house will be called a house of prayer.[a] But you’ve made it a hideout for crooks.”

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