Matthew 21:13

And he saith to them: It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 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 chairs of them that sold doves:

14And there came to him the blind and the lame in the temple; and he healed them.

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Cross References

Isaiah 56:7I will bring them into my holy mount, and will make them joyful in my house of prayer: their holocausts, and their victims shall please me upon my altar: for my house shall be called the house of prayer, for all nations.

Matthew 2:5But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:

Luke 19:46Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den 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 →

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