Matthew 21:13

Modern English Version

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.’ ”

Cross References

Psalm 93:5

Your statutes are very sure; holiness befits Your house, O  Lord, forever.

Isaiah 56:7

even them I will bring to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on My altar; for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.

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 2:5

They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote:

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 19:45

Then He entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and bought in it,

Luke 19:46

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

John 15:25

But that the word which is written in their law might be fulfilled, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’