Matthew 21:12

God's Word

Jesus went into the temple courtyard and threw out everyone who was buying and selling there. He overturned the moneychangers’ tables and the chairs of those who sold pigeons.

Cross References

Exodus 30:13

As each person is counted, he must give one-fifth of an ounce of silver using the standard weight of the holy place. This one-fifth of an ounce of silver is a contribution to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:14

“If your offering to the Lord is a bird, you must sacrifice a mourning dove or pigeon.

Leviticus 12:6

“When the days needed to make her clean are over, she must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a pigeon or a mourning dove as an offering for sin. She must bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Leviticus 12:8

If she cannot afford a lamb, she must use two mourning doves or two pigeons. One will be the burnt offering and the other the offering for sin. So the priest will make peace with the Lord for her, and she will be clean.”

Leviticus 14:22

and two mourning doves or two pigeons (whatever he can afford). The one will be an offering for sin and the other a burnt offering.

Leviticus 14:30

Then the one to be cleansed must take one of the mourning doves or pigeons (whichever he can afford),

Leviticus 15:14

On the eighth day he must take two mourning doves or two pigeons and come into the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting. He will give these birds to the priest.

Leviticus 15:29

On the eighth day she must take two mourning doves or two pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Leviticus 5:11

“But if you cannot afford two mourning doves or two pigeons, then bring eight cups of flour as an offering for the sin you committed. Never put olive oil on it or add incense to it, because it is an offering for sin.

Leviticus 5:7

“Now, if you cannot afford a sheep, you must bring to the Lord two mourning doves or two pigeons as a guilt offering for the sin you committed. One will be an offering for sin, the other a burnt offering.

Mark 11:11

Jesus came into Jerusalem and went into the temple courtyard, where he looked around at everything. Since it was already late, he went out with the twelve apostles to Bethany.

Luke 2:24

They also offered a sacrifice as required by the Lord’s Teachings: “a pair of mourning doves or two young pigeons.”

John 2:13

The Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went to Jerusalem.