Luke 19:46

saying to them: “It is written: ‘My house is a house of prayer.’ But you have made it into a den of robbers.”

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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 entering into the temple, he began to cast out those who sold in it, and those who bought,

47And he was teaching in the temple daily. And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, and the leaders of the people were seeking to destroy him.

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Cross References

Psalms 93:5They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance.

Jeremiah 7:11So then, has this house, where my name has been invoked, become a den of robbers in your eyes? It is I, I am, I have seen, says the Lord.

Hosea 12:7Canaan, in his hand is a deceitful balance, he has chosen false accusations.

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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