Mark 11:15-19
New American Standard Bible
Jesus Drives Money Changers from the Temple
15 (A)Then they *came to Jerusalem. And He entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying on the temple grounds, and He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling [a]doves; 16 and He would not allow anyone to carry [b]merchandise through the temple grounds. 17 And He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written: ‘(B)My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? (C)But you have made it a den of robbers.” 18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard this, and they (D)began seeking how to put Him to death; for they were afraid of Him, because all (E)the crowd was astonished at His teaching.
19 And (F)whenever evening came, [c]they would leave the city.
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- Mark 11:15 Lit the doves
- Mark 11:16 Lit a vessel; i.e., a receptacle or implement of any kind
- Mark 11:19 I.e., Jesus and His disciples
Mark 11:15-19
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Jesus Cleanses The Temple of Merchandisers. The Priests Seek To Destroy Him
15 And they come into Jerusalem. And having entered into the temple, He began to throw-out the ones selling and the ones buying in the temple. And He overturned the tables of the money-changers[a], and the seats of the ones selling doves[b]. 16 And He was not permitting that anyone carry an object[c] through the temple. 17 And He was teaching and saying to them, “Has it not been written [in Isa 56:7] that ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers[d]”. 18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it. And they were seeking how they might destroy Him. For they were fearing Him, for the whole crowd was astounded at His teaching. 19 And when it became evening, they were going outside of the city.
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- Mark 11:15 They changed foreign currency into Jewish currency for use in the temple.
- Mark 11:15 That is, doves used in the sacrifices commanded by God.
- Mark 11:16 Or, vessel, dish, merchandise.
- Mark 11:17 Or, bandits, plunderers.
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