Your statutes, Lord, stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days.
Matthew 21:13 - New International Version (Anglicised) ‘It is written,’ he said to them, ‘ “My house will be called a house of prayer,” but you are making it “a den of robbers.”’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said to them, The Scripture says, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers. [Isa. 56:7; Jer. 7:11.] American Standard Version (1901) and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers. Common English Bible He said to them, “It’s written, My house will be called a house of prayer. But you’ve made it a hideout for crooks.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to them: "It is written: 'My house shall be called a house of prayer. But you have made it into a den of robbers.' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he saith to them: It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves. |
Your statutes, Lord, stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days.
these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.’
Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord.
‘In Bethlehem in Judea,’ they replied, ‘for this is what the prophet has written:
And as he taught them, he said, ‘Is it not written: “My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations”? But you have made it “a den of robbers”.’
When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling.
‘It is written,’ he said to them, ‘ “My house will be a house of prayer”; but you have made it “a den of robbers”.’
But this is to fulfil what is written in their Law: “They hated me without reason.”