Luke 19:46

Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 them that sold therein, and them that bought.

47And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him:

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Cross References

Psalms 93:5Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible: holiness becometh thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.

Jeremiah 7:11Is this house then, in which my name hath been called upon, in your eyes become a den of robbers? I, I am he: I have seen it, saith the Lord.

Hosea 12:7He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.

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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