Matthew 21:12-13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Cleansing the Temple Complex
12 Jesus went into the temple complex[a](A) and drove out all those buying and selling in the temple. He overturned the money changers’ tables and the chairs of those selling doves.(B) 13 And 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 Other mss add of God
- Matthew 21:13 Is 56:7
- Matthew 21:13 Jr 7:11
Matthew 21:12-13
Common English Bible
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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