Matthew 21:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you make it a den of robbers.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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. [Isa. 56:7; Jer. 7:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

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.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he said to them: "It is written: 'My house shall be called a house of prayer. But you have made it into a den of robbers.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Matthew 21:13 Cross References

Psalm 93:5

Thy decrees are very sure; holiness befits thy house, O Lord, for evermore.

Isaiah 56:7

these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

Jeremiah 7:11

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.

Matthew 2:5

They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it is written by the prophet:

Mark 11:17

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.”

Luke 19:45

And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold,

Luke 19:46

saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a den of robbers.”

John 15:25

It is to fulfil the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’