John 2:16

New American Bible - revised edition

and to those who sold doves he said, “Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.”

Cross References

Matthew 21:13

And he said to them, “It is written: ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of thieves.”

Jeremiah 7:11

Has this house which bears my name become in your eyes a den of thieves? I have seen it for myself!—oracle of the Lord.

Mark 11:17

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

Luke 2:49

And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with fabrications, but from of old their condemnation has not been idle and their destruction does not sleep. Lessons from the Past.

John 5:17

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.”

1 Timothy 6:5

and mutual friction among people with corrupted minds, who are deprived of the truth, supposing religion to be a means of gain.

John 20:17

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

John 10:29

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand.

John 8:49

Jesus answered, “I am not possessed; I honor my Father, but you dishonor me.

Matthew 21:12

Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those engaged in selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.

Matthew 22:5

Some ignored the invitation and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

John 2:15

He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables,