Luke 19:46

saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye made it a den of robbers.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

45And having entered into the temple, he began to cast out those selling and buying in it,

47And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, and the scholars sought to destroy him, even the foremost men of the people.

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Cross References

Psalms 93:5Thy testimonies are very sure. Holiness befits thy house, O LORD, for evermore.

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.

Hosea 12:7[He is] a Canaanite. The balances of deceit are in his hand. He loves to oppress.

Matthew Henry on Luke 19:42-48

The Doom of Jerusalem Lamented; The Doom of Jerusalem Foretold. 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not… Read the whole commentary →

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