Mark 11:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ And He was teaching, saying to them, “Has it not been written, ‘My House shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it a ‘den of robbers.’ ”

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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."

Mark 11:17 Cross References

Isaiah 56:7

them I shall bring to My set-apart mountain, and let them rejoice in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their slaughterings are accepted on My altar, for My house is called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”

Isaiah 60:7

“All the flocks of Qĕ

Jeremiah 7:11

“Has this house, which is called by My Name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Look, I, even I Myself have seen it,” declares יהוה.

Hosea 12:7

A merchant! In his hand are scales of deceit, he loved to oppress.

Mark 11:16

And He did not allow anyone to carry a vessel through the Set-apart Place.

Luke 19:46

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

John 2:14

And He found in the Set-apart Place those selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers sitting.

John 2:16

And He said to those selling doves, “Take these away! Do not make the house of My Father a house of merchandise!”