Matthew 21:12

¹⁰ When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

¹¹ The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

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.

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.’”

¹⁴ The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

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 drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
KJV: 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,
WEB: Jesus entered into the temple of God and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
ASV: And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of he money-changers, and the seats of them that sold the doves;
DARBY: And Jesus entered into the temple [of God], and cast out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those that sold the doves.
BLB: And Jesus entered into the temple and cast out all those selling and buying in the temple. And He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling the doves.

ÅB: Jesus gikk inn i Guds tempel og drev ut alle dem som solgte og kjøpte i templet, og han veltet pengevekslernes bord og dueselgernes stoler,
OTB: Jesus gikk inn i tempelet og drev ut alle som solgte og kjøpte der. Han veltet pengevekslernes bord og duehandlernes benker.
B1930: Og Jesus gikk inn i Guds tempel og drev ut alle 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 2:14–17
In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
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Luke 19:45–47
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.
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Mark 11:15–18
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.
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Leviticus 1:14
If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.
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Leviticus 5:7
If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
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Luke 2:24
and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
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Deuteronomy 14:24–26
But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,
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Exodus 30:13
Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
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