Mark 11:15
13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
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;
16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
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
And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
Read in contextMatthew 21:12–16
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,
Read in contextLuke 19:45–47
And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
Read in contextDeuteronomy 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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