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Luke 19:46

PrayerGod's holiness

44 They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

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

He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

47 Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.

48 Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.

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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.

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BSB
He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
KJV
Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
WEB
saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”
ASV
saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.
DARBY
saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers.
BLB
saying to them, “It has been written: ‘And My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you⁺ made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
ÅB
og han sa til dem: Det er skrevet: Mitt hus skal være et bedehus. Men dere har gjort det til en røverhule.
OTB
og sa til dem: “Det står skrevet: ‘Mitt hus skal være et bønnens hus’; men dere har gjort det til en røverhule.”
B1930
og han sa til dem: Det er skrevet: Mitt hus skal være et bedehus. Men I har gjort det til en røverhule.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 56:7

    I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

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  • Jeremiah 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.

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  • Psalms 93:5

    Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.

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  • Ezekiel 43:12

    This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.

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  • Matthew 23:13

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

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  • Hosea 12:7

    A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

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