Mark 11:17 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁷ 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.’”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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 turned it into a den of robbers. [Isa. 56:7; Jer. 7:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ He taught them, “Hasn’t it been written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you’ve turned it into a hideout for crooks.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And he taught them, saying: "Is it not written: 'For my house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations?' But you have made it into a den of robbers."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And he taught, saying to them: Is it not written, My house shall be called the house of prayer to all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves.

Mark 11:17 Cross References

Mark 11:16

And He would not [even] allow anyone to carry a container [of goods] through the Temple [area].

Luke 19:46

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.’”

John 2:14

There in the Temple [area] He found people selling oxen, sheep and pigeons [i.e., for use as sacrifices]. Also cashiers were sitting there. [Note: These people exchanged foreign coins so visitors to Jerusalem could make purchases and pay taxes].

John 2:16

He said to those who were selling the pigeons, “Take these things out of here, and quit making my Father’s house [i.e., the Temple] a merchandise mart.”