Matthew 21:13
And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.
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14And the blind and the broken in body came to him in the Temple, and he made them well.
Cross References
Isaiah 56:7I will make them come to my holy mountain, and will give them joy in my house of prayer; I will take pleasure in the burned offerings which they make on my altar: for my house will be named a house of prayer for all peoples.
Matthew 2:5And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,
Luke 19:46Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 21:13-18
The Profaners of the Temple Punished. 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 money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13 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… Read the whole commentary →