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Cleansing the Temple

12 (A)And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the (B)money changers and the seats of those who were selling (C)doves. 13 And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘(D)My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a (E)robbers[a]den.”

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  1. Matthew 21:13 Lit cave

Jesus Cleanses His Father’s House

12 Jesus entered the temple courts[a] and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. 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 robbers!”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:12 Some witnesses to the text add of God.
  2. Matthew 21:13 Isaiah 56:7
  3. Matthew 21:13 Jeremiah 7:11