Mark 11:15
13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs.
14 Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.
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.
16 And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.
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.’”
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
- 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.
- KJV
- 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;
- WEB
- They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
- ASV
- And they come to Jerusalem: and he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and them that bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold the doves;
- DARBY
- And they come to Jerusalem, and entering into the temple, he began to cast out those who sold and who bought in the temple, and he overthrew the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of the dove-sellers,
- BLB
- And they come to Jerusalem. And having entered into the temple, He began to cast out those selling and those buying in the temple. And He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling the doves,
- ÅB
- Og de kom til Jerusalem; og han gikk inn i templet og begynte å drive ut dem som solgte og kjøpte i templet, og pengevekslernes bord og duekremmernes stoler veltet han,
- OTB
- Da de kom til Jerusalem, gikk Jesus inn i tempelgårdene og begynte å drive ut de som kjøpte og solgte. Han veltet bordene til pengevekslerne og benkene til de som solgte duer,
- B1930
- Og de kom til Jerusalem; og han gikk inn i templet og begynte å drive ut dem som solgte og kjøpte i templet, og pengevekslernes bord og duekremmernes stoler veltet han,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 2:13–17
When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Read in contextMatthew 21:12–16
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.
Read in contextLuke 19:45–47
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 14:25–26
then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.
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