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Matthew 21:13

PrayerGod's holiness

11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

12 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,

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.

14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,

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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

    Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.

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  • Isaiah 56:7

    Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

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  • Luke 19:46

    Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

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  • Mark 11:17

    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.

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  • Psalms 93:5

    Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.

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  • John 15:25

    But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

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  • Matthew 2:5

    And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,

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