Matthew 21:12-13
Christian Standard Bible
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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Matthew 21:12-13
International Standard Version
Confrontation in the Temple over Money(A)
12 Then Jesus went into the Temple,[a] threw out everyone who was selling and buying in the Temple, and overturned the moneychangers’ tables and the chairs of those who sold doves. 13 He told them, “It is written, ‘My house is to be called a house of prayer,’[b] but you are turning it into a hideout[c] for bandits!”
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- Matthew 21:12 Other mss. read temple of God
- Matthew 21:13 Cf. Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11
- Matthew 21:13 Lit. cave
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