Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, says the Lord.
John 2:16 - Revised Standard Version And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; you shall not make my Father's house a house of trade.” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then to those who sold the doves He said, Take these things away (out of here)! Make not My Father's house a house of merchandise (a marketplace, a sales shop)! [Ps. 93:5.] American Standard Version (1901) and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise. Common English Bible He said to the dove sellers, “Get these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a place of business.” Catholic Public Domain Version And to those who were selling doves, he said: "Take these things out of here, and do not make my Father's house into a house of commerce." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And to them that sold doves he said: Take these things hence, and make not the house of my Father a house of traffic. |
Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, says the Lord.
And Jesus entered the temple of God and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you make it a den of robbers.”
But they made light of it and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,
And he taught, and said to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”
And he said to them, “How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?”
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.
Jesus said to her, “Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”
But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working still, and I am working.”
Jesus answered, “I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
and wrangling among men who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
And in their greed they will exploit you with false words; from of old their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not been asleep.