Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord.
John 2:16 - English Standard Version 2016 And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then to those who sold the doves He said, Take these things away (out of here)! Make not My Father's house a house of merchandise (a marketplace, a sales shop)! [Ps. 93:5.] American Standard Version (1901) and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise. Common English Bible He said to the dove sellers, “Get these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a place of business.” Catholic Public Domain Version And to those who were selling doves, he said: "Take these things out of here, and do not make my Father's house into a house of commerce." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And to them that sold doves he said: Take these things hence, and make not the house of my Father a house of traffic. |
Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord.
And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”
But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,
And he was teaching them and saying 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.”
And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
My Father, who has given them to me,is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.
Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”
Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.