John 2:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; you shall not make my Father's house a house of trade.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ And to them that sold doves he said: Take these things hence, and make not the house of my Father a house of traffic.

John 2:16 Cross References

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 21:12

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.

Matthew 21:13

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

Matthew 22:5

But they made light of it and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,

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 2:49

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?”

John 10:29

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.

John 2:15

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.

John 20:17

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.”

John 5:17

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working still, and I am working.”

John 8:49

Jesus answered, “I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

1 Timothy 6:5

and wrangling among men who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

2 Peter 2:3

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.