The Cleansing of the Temple^(A)

¹² Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who sold and bought in the temple and overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves. ¹³ He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’^[a] but you have made it ‘a den of thieves.’^[b] ”

¹⁴ The blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. ¹⁵ But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were extremely displeased ¹⁶ and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?”

Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read,

¹⁷ And He left them and went out of the city into Bethany, and He lodged there.

The Cleansing of the Temple^(A)

¹⁵ And they came to Jerusalem. Jesus went into the temple and began to drive out those who sold and bought in the temple, and He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves. ¹⁶ And He would not allow anyone to carry any vessel through the temple. ¹⁷ And He taught them, and said, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’^[a]? But you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’^[b] ”

The Cleansing of the Temple^(A)

⁴⁵ Then He entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and bought in it, ⁴⁶ saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’^[a] but you have made it ‘a den of thieves.’^[b]”

⁴⁷ He taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people tried to kill Him. ⁴⁸ Yet they could not find a way to do it, for all the people were very attentive to hear Him.