John 2:16
And he said to those who sell the doves, Take these things from here. Make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17And his disciples remembered that it is written, Zeal for thy house will consume me.
Cross References
Jeremiah 7:11Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says LORD.
Matthew 21:13And he says to them, It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer, but ye made it a den of robbers.
Luke 2:49And he said to them, Why is it that ye were seeking me? Had ye not known that I must be among the things of my Father?
John 8:49Jesus answered, I have no demon, but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me.
John 20:17Jesus says to her, Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brothers, and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
1 Timothy 6:5constant frictions of men corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing piety to be a means of gain. Withdraw from such.
Matthew Henry on John 2:13-23
Temple-Merchandise Punished; Christ's Death and Resurrection Foretold. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. 13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the… Read the whole commentary →