Mark 11:17

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And he taught, and said to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”

Cross References

Isaiah 56:7

these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

Isaiah 60:7

All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will glorify my glorious house.

Jeremiah 7:11

Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, says the Lord.

Hosea 12:7

A trader, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.

Mark 11:16

and he would not allow any one to carry anything through the temple.

Luke 19:46

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

John 2:14

In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers at their business.

John 2:16

And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; you shall not make my Father's house a house of trade.”