Mark 11:16 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁶ Jesus refused to allow any person to carry things through the temple area.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ and would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And He would not permit anyone to carry any household equipment through the temple enclosure [thus making the temple area a short-cut traffic lane].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ and he would not suffer that any man should carry a vessel through the temple.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ He didn’t allow anyone to carry anything through the temple.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And he would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple.

Mark 11:16 Cross References

Mark 11:15

Jesus went to Jerusalem. He went into the temple {\cf2\super [144]} area. Jesus began to throw out the people that were buying and selling things there. Jesus turned over the tables that belonged to the people that were exchanging different kinds of money. And Jesus turned over the benches of those people that were selling doves.

Mark 11:17

Then Jesus taught the people. He said, “It is written in the Scriptures, {\cf2\super [145]} ‘My house will be called a house for prayer for all people.’ {\cf2\super [146]} But you are changing God’s house into a ‘hiding place for thieves.’ {\cf2\super [147]} ”