John 2:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for thy house will consume me.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And His disciples remembered that it is written [in the Holy Scriptures], Zeal (the fervor of love) for Your house will eat Me up. [I will be consumed with jealousy for the honor of Your house.] [Ps. 69:9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shall eat me up.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ His disciples remembered that it is written, Passion for your house consumes me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And truly, his disciples were reminded that it is written: "Zeal for your house consumes me."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And his disciples remembered, that it was written: The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up.

John 2:17 Cross References

Psalm 119:139

My zeal consumes me, because my foes forget thy words.

Psalm 69:9

For zeal for thy house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult thee have fallen on me.

John 2:2

Jesus also was invited to the marriage, with his disciples.

John 2:22

When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.