Matthew 21:12-13
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Jesus Cleanses the Temple
12 Then Jesus entered the temple[a] and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.(A) 13 He said to them, “It is written,
‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’
but you are making it a den of robbers.”(B)
Footnotes
- 21.12 Other ancient authorities add of God
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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