Matthew 21:13

New English Translation

And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers!”

Cross References

Psalm 93:5

The rules you set down are completely reliable. Holiness aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever.

Isaiah 56:7

I will bring them to my holy mountain; I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray.”

Jeremiah 7:11

Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own is to be a hideout for robbers? You had better take note! I have seen for myself what you have done! says the Lord.

Matthew 2:5

“In Bethlehem of Judea,” they said, “for it is written this way by the prophet:

Mark 11:17

Then he began to teach them and said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!”

Luke 19:45

Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling things there,

Luke 19:46

saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!”

John 15:25

Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without reason.’