and he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple courts.
Mark 11:17 - The Text-Critical English New Testament Then he began to teach the people, saying, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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 turned it into a den of robbers. [Isa. 56:7; Jer. 7:11.] American Standard Version (1901) And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers. Common English Bible He taught them, “Hasn’t it been written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you’ve turned it into a hideout for crooks.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he taught them, saying: "Is it not written: 'For my house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations?' But you have made it into a den of robbers." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he taught, saying to them: Is it not written, My house shall be called the house of prayer to all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves. |
and he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple courts.
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”
In the temple courts he found those who were selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and he also found the money changers sitting at their tables.
Then he said to those who were selling doves, “Take these things away from here; do not make my Father's house a house of trade.”