Matthew 21:13

New Living Translation

He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves!”

Cross References

Psalm 93:5

Your royal laws cannot be changed. Your reign, O Lord, is holy forever and ever.

Isaiah 56:7

I will bring them to my holy mountain of Jerusalem and will fill them with joy in my house of prayer. I will accept their burnt offerings and sacrifices, because my Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations.

Jeremiah 7:11

Don’t you yourselves admit that this Temple, which bears my name, has become a den of thieves? Surely I see all the evil going on there. I, the Lord, have spoken!

Matthew 2:5

“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they said, “for this is what the prophet wrote:

Mark 11:17

He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves.”

Luke 19:45

Then Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the people selling animals for sacrifices.

Luke 19:46

He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves.”

John 15:25

This fulfills what is written in their Scriptures: ‘They hated me without cause.’