Matthew 21:13 - Tree of Life Version

¹³ And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of thieves’!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ He said to them, The Scripture says, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers. [Isa. 56:7; Jer. 7:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.

Common English Bible

¹³ He said to them, “It’s written, My house will be called a house of prayer. But you’ve made it a hideout for crooks.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And he said to them: "It is written: 'My house shall be called a house of prayer. But you have made it into a den of robbers.' "

Matthew 21:13 Cross References

Psalm 93:5

Your testimonies are very sure. Holiness befits Your House, Adonai, for endless days.

Isaiah 56:7

these I will bring to My holy mountain, and let them rejoice in My House of Prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar. For My House will be called a House of Prayer for all nations.”

Jeremiah 7:11

Has this House, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Look, even I have seen it!” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Matthew 2:5

So they told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it has been written by the prophet:

Mark 11:17

And He began to teach them, saying, “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 thieves.’”

Luke 19:45

Then Yeshua entered the Temple and began to drive out the merchants,

Luke 19:46

saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’”

John 15:25

So is fulfilled the word written in their Scripture, ‘They hated Me for no reason.’