John 2:16

New King James Version

And 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 thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” says the Lord.

Matthew 21:12

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

Matthew 21:13

And 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 own farm, another to his business.

Mark 11:17

Then 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

And He said to them, “Why did you seek 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; and no one is able to snatch them out of 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 the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables.

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’ ”

John 5:17

But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been 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

useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.

2 Peter 2:3

By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.