John 2:16 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁶ And He said to those selling doves, “Take these away! Do not make the house of My Father a house of merchandise!”

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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? Look, I, even I Myself have seen it,” declares יהוה.

Matthew 21:12

And יהושע went into the Set-apart Place of Elohim and drove out all those buying and selling in the Set-apart Place, and overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves.

Matthew 21:13

And He said to them, “It has been written, ‘My House shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers.’ ”

Matthew 22:5

“But they disregarded it and went their way – this one to his field, that one to his trade.

Mark 11:17

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.’ ”

Luke 2:49

And He said to them, “Why were you seeking Me? Did you not know that I had to be in the matters of My Father?”

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 My Father’s hand.

John 2:15

And having made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the Set-apart Place, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the moneychangers’ coins and overturned the tables.

John 20:17

יהושע said to her, “Do not hold on to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father. But go to My brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My Elohim and your Elohim.’ ”

John 5:17

But יהושע answered them, “My Father works until now, and I work.”

John 8:49

יהושע answered, “I do not have a demon, but I value My Father, and you do not value Me.

1 Timothy 6:5

worthless disputes of men of corrupt minds and deprived of the truth, who think that reverence is a means of gain – withdraw from such.

2 Peter 2:3

and in greed, with fabricated words, they shall use you for gain. From of old their judgment does not linger, and their destruction does not slumber.