Matthew 21:13

The Passion Translation

And he said to them, “My dwelling place will be known as a house of prayer, but you have made it into a hangout for thieves!”

Cross References

Psalm 93:5

Nothing could ever change your royal decrees; they will last forever! Holiness is the beauty that fills your house; you are the one who abides forevermore!

Isaiah 56:7

‘I will welcome you into my holy mountain and make you joyful in my house of prayer. I will accept every sacrifice and offering that you place on my altar, for my house of worship will be known as a house of prayer for all people.’ ”

Jeremiah 7:11

Do you really consider this house that bears my name to be a robbers’ den? I know everything that you have been doing! I, Yahweh, have spoken.

Matthew 2:5

“He will be born in Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,” they told him. “Because the prophecy states:

Mark 11:17

Then he began to teach the people, saying, “Does not the Scripture say, ‘My house will be a house of prayer for all the world to share’? But you have made it a hangout of thieves!”

Luke 19:45

Jesus entered the temple area and forcibly threw out all the merchants from their stalls.

Luke 19:46

He rebuked them, saying, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Father’s house is to be filled with prayer—a house of prayer, not a cave of bandits!’ ”

John 15:25

And all of this has happened to fulfill what is written in their Scriptures: They hated me for no reason.