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John 2:14

Money and wealth

12 After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

13 When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.

15 So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

16 To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

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BSB
In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
KJV
And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
WEB
He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting.
ASV
And he found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
DARBY
And he found in the temple the sellers of oxen and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting;
BLB
And He found in the temple those selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting.
ÅB
Og i templet fant han dem som solgte okser og sauer og duer, og pengevekslerne som satt der,
OTB
I tempelgårdene så han folk som solgte kveg, sauer og duer, og andre som satt ved bordene og vekslet penger.
B1930
Og i templet fant han dem som solgte okser og får og duer, og pengevekslerne som satt der,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Luke 19:45–46

    Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.

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  • Mark 11:15

    When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

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  • Mark 11:17

    Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

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  • Matthew 21:12–13

    Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

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  • Deuteronomy 14:23–26

    And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.

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  • Malachi 3:1–3

    “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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