John 2:16
14 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.
To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
18 On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
- KJV
- And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
- WEB
- To those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!”
- ASV
- and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father`s house a house of merchandise.
- DARBY
- and said to the sellers of doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
- BLB
- And to those selling the doves He said, “Take these from here! Do not make the house of My Father a house of trade!”
- ÅB
- og til due-kremmerne sa han: Ta dette bort herfra! gjør ikke min Fars hus til en handelsbod!
- OTB
- Til dem som solgte duer, sa han: "Ta disse tingene bort! Gjør ikke min Fars hus til et handelshus!"
- B1930
- og til due-kremmerne sa han: Ta dette bort herfra! gjør ikke min Faders hus til en handelsbod!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 21:13
And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Read in contextJeremiah 7:11
Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
Read in contextMark 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.’”
Read in contextIsaiah 56:5–11
I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
Read in contextLuke 2:49
“Why were you looking for Me?” He asked. “Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house ?”
Read in context2 Peter 2:14–15
Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
Read in contextHosea 12:7–8
A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
Read in context2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
Read in context