Luke 19:45

43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

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
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.
KJV
And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
WEB
He entered into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,
ASV
And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold,
DARBY
And entering into the temple, he began to cast out those that sold and bought in it,
BLB
And having entered into the temple, He began to cast out those selling,
ÅB
Og han gikk inn i templet og begynte å drive ut dem som drev handel der,
OTB
Da han kom inn i tempelområdet, begynte Jesus å drive ut dem som solgte,
B1930
Og han gikk inn i templet og begynte å drive ut dem som drev handel der,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 21:12–13

    And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

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  • Mark 11:15–17

    And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

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  • John 2:13–17

    And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

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  • Deuteronomy 14:25–26

    Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:

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