Matthew 21:13

And he said to them: “It is written: ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer. But you have made it into a den of robbers.’”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and he cast out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of the vendors of doves.

14And the blind and the lame drew near to him in the temple; and he healed them.

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Cross References

Isaiah 56:7I will lead them to my holy mountain, and I will gladden them in my house of prayer. Their holocausts and their victims will be pleasing to me upon my altar. For my house will be called the house of prayer for all peoples.

Matthew 2:5And they said to him: “In Bethlehem of Judea. For so it has been written by the prophet:

Luke 19:46saying to them: “It is written: ‘My house is a house of prayer.’ But you have made it into a den of robbers.”

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 →

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