Luke 19:46

Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves.

Bible in Basic English

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 he went into the Temple and put out those who were trading there,

47And every day he was teaching in the Temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people were attempting to put him to death;

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Cross References

Psalms 93:5Your witness is most certain; it is right for your house to be holy, O Lord, for ever.

Jeremiah 7:11Has this house, which is named by my name, become a hole of thieves to you? Truly I, even I, have seen it, says the Lord.

Hosea 12:7\12:6\So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.

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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