And said to them: it is written, mine house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.
They said unto him: in Bethlehem a town of Jury. For thus it is written by the prophet:
And he taught saying unto them, is it not written, how that mine house shall be called the house of prayer unto all nations? But ye have made it a den of thieves.
¶ And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought
saying unto them, It is written, my house is the house of prayer: But ye have made it a den of thieves.
Even that the saying might be fulfilled that is written in their law: they hated me without a cause.