And He said to them, “It is written [Isa. 56:7], ‘My house [i.e., the Temple] will be called a house for prayer’, but [Jer. 7:11 says], ‘You have made it a hideout for thieves.’”
Luke 19:46 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) saying to them, “It is written [Isa. 56:7], ‘And my house [i.e., the Temple] will be a house for prayer, but [Jer. 7:11] ‘You have made it a hideout for thieves.’” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Telling them, It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer; but you have made it a cave of robbers. [Isa. 56:7; Jer. 7:11.] American Standard Version (1901) saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers. Common English Bible He said to them, “It’s written,My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hideout for crooks.” Catholic Public Domain Version saying to them: "It is written: 'My house is a house of prayer.' But you have made it into a den of robbers." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves. |
And He said to them, “It is written [Isa. 56:7], ‘My house [i.e., the Temple] will be called a house for prayer’, but [Jer. 7:11 says], ‘You have made it a hideout for thieves.’”
“But it is too bad for you hypocritical experts in the Law of Moses and [you] Pharisees! [It is] because you withhold the kingdom of heaven from people, for you do not enter it yourselves, nor [do you] allow those who are trying to enter it to get in.
Then He taught them, saying, “Is it not written [Isa. 56:7], ‘My house [i.e., the Temple] will be called a house of prayer for people of all nations’? But [Jer. 7:11 says], ‘You have made it a hideout for thieves.’”