Matthew 21:12-13
Modern English Version
The Cleansing of the Temple(A)
12 Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who sold and bought in the temple and overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves. 13 He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’[a] but you have made it ‘a den of thieves.’[b] ”
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Matthew 21:12-13
Lexham English Bible
The Cleansing of the Temple
12 And Jesus entered the temple courts[a] and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who were selling doves. 13 And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’[b] but you have made it a cave of robbers!”
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- Matthew 21:12 Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
- Matthew 21:13 A quotation from Isa 56:7
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