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Matthew 21:13

PrayerGod's holiness

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

12 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.

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.

15 But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

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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
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.’”
KJV
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
WEB
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”
ASV
and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.
DARBY
And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers.
BLB
And He says to them, “It has been written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you⁺ are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
ÅB
og han sa til dem: «Det er skrevet: ‘Huset mitt skal kalles et bedehus’. Men dere gjør det til en røverhule».
OTB
Og han sa til dem: “Det står skrevet: ‘Mitt hus skal kalles et bønnens hus,’ men dere har gjort det til en ‘røverhule.’”
B1930
og han sa til dem: Det er skrevet: Mitt hus skal kalles et bedehus. Men I gjør det til en røverhule.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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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  • 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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  • Luke 19:46

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

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  • Mark 11:17

    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.’”

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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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  • John 15:25

    But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

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  • Matthew 2:5

    “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

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