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Matthew 21:13
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KJ21
and said unto them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called the house of prayer,’ but ye have made it a den of thieves.”
ASV
and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.
AMP
Jesus said to them, “It is written [in Scripture], ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbers’ den.”
AMPC
He said to them, The Scripture says, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers.
BRG
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
CSB
He said to them, “It is written, my house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves!”
CSBA
He said to them, ‘It is written, my house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves! ’
CEB
He said to them, “It’s written, My house will be called a house of prayer. But you’ve made it a hideout for crooks.”
CJB
He said to them, “It has been written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it into a den of robbers!”
CEV
He told them, “The Scriptures say, ‘My house should be called a place of worship.’ But you have turned it into a place where robbers hide.”
DARBY
And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers.
DLNT
And He says to them, “It has been written [in Isa 56:7]: ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’. But you are making it a den of robbers”.
DRA
And he saith to them: It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.
ERV
Jesus said to them, “The Scriptures say, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are changing it into a ‘hiding place for thieves.’”
EASY
Jesus spoke to them all. He said, ‘The Bible says, “God's house will be a place where people come together to pray.” But you have changed it into a place where robbers meet.’
EHV
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of robbers!”
ESV
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”
ESVUK
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’, but you make it a den of robbers.”
EXB
Jesus said to ·all the people there [L them], “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My ·Temple [L House] will be called a house for prayer [Is. 56:7].’ But you are ·changing [making] it into a ·hideout for robbers [T den of thieves; Jer. 7:11].”
GNV
And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
GW
He told them, “Scripture says, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you’re turning it into a gathering place for thieves!”
GNT
and said to them, “It is written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it a hideout for thieves!”
HCSB
And He said to them, “It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer. But you are making it a den of thieves!”
ICB
Jesus said to all the people there, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My Temple will be a house where people will pray.’ But you are changing God’s house into a ‘hideout for robbers.’”
ISV
He told them, “It is written, ‘My house is to be called a house of prayer,’ but you are turning it into a hideout for bandits!”
PHILLIPS
Then Jesus went into the Temple and drove out all the buyers and sellers there. He overturned the tables of the money-changers and the benches of those who sold doves, crying—“It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’. But you have turned it into a ‘den of thieves!’”
JUB
and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
KJV
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
AKJV
and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
LSB
And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbers’ den.”
LEB
And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a cave of robbers!”
TLB
“The Scriptures say my Temple is a place of prayer,” he declared, “but you have turned it into a den of thieves.”
MSG
Jesus went straight to the Temple and threw out everyone who had set up shop, buying and selling. He kicked over the tables of loan sharks and the stalls of dove merchants. He quoted this text: My house was designated a house of prayer; You have made it a hangout for thieves. Now there was room for the blind and crippled to get in. They came to Jesus and he healed them.
MEV
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it ‘a den of thieves.’ ”
MOUNCE
And he said to them, “It stands written, · ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of thieves.”
NOG
He told them, “Scripture says, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you’re turning it into a gathering place for thieves!”
NABRE
And he said to them, “It is written: ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of thieves.”
NASB
And He *said to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a den of robbers.”
NASB1995
And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbers’ den.”
NCB
He said to them, “It is written: ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of thieves.”
NCV
Jesus said to all the people there, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My Temple will be called a house for prayer.’ But you are changing it into a ‘hideout for robbers.’”
NET
And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers!”
NIRV
He said to them, “It is written that the Lord said, ‘My house will be called a house where people can pray.’ (Isaiah 56:7) But you are making it ‘a den for robbers.’ ” (Jeremiah 7:11)
NIV
“It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
NIVUK
‘It is written,’ he said to them, ‘“My house will be called a house of prayer,” but you are making it “a den of robbers.” ’
NKJV
And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”
NLV
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house is to be called a house of prayer.’ You have made it a place of robbers.”
NLT
He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves!”
NMB
and said to them, It is written: My house shall be called the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.
NRSVA
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.’
NRSVACE
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.’
NRSVCE
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.”
NRSVUE
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.”
NTFE
“This is what the Bible says,” he said to them, My house will be called a house of prayer— but you have made it a brigands’ lair!”
OJB
And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, It has been written, BEITI BEIT TEFILLAH YIKAREI (My House shall be called a House of Prayer, YESHAYAH 56:7), but you are making it into a MEARAT PARITZIM (den of robbers, YIRMEYAH 7:11).
RGT
and said to them, “It is written! My house shall be called the House of Prayer! But you have made it a den of thieves!”
RSV
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you make it a den of robbers.”
RSVCE
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you make it a den of robbers.”
TLV
And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of thieves’!”
VOICE
Jesus: It is written, “My house will be a house of prayer for all people,” but you have turned this house of prayer into a den of robbers.
WEB
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”
WE
He said to them, `The holy writings say, "My house shall be called a house where people talk with God." But you have made it a place for people who steal!'
WYC
And he said to them, It is written, Mine house shall be called an house of prayer [My house shall be called an house of prayer]; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
YLT
and he saith to them, `It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.'
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