John 2:16

Modern English Version

He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!”

Cross References

Jeremiah 7:11

Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the Lord.

Matthew 21:12

Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who sold and bought in the temple and overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves.

Matthew 21:13

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

Matthew 22:5

“But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his business;

Mark 11:17

He taught, saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’ ? But you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”

Luke 2:49

He said to them, “How is it that you searched for Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?”

John 10:29

My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them from My Father’s hand.

John 2:15

When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. He poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables.

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father. But go to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’ ”

John 5:17

Jesus answered them, “My Father is working still, and I am working.”

John 8:49

Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon. But I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

1 Timothy 6:5

constant disputes by men of corrupt minds, being destitute of the truth, and supposing that financial gain is godliness. Withdraw yourself from such men.

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their judgment, made long ago, does not linger, and their destruction does not slumber.