John 2:16

He told those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Don’t make my Father’s house a market place!”

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In The King James Version

And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.

In Context

15When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables.

17Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house will consume me.”

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Cross References

John 8:49Jesus answered, “I don’t have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

John 20:17Jesus said to her, “Don’t touch me, because I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.’”

Matthew Henry on John 2:13-23

Temple-Merchandise Punished; Christ's Death and Resurrection Foretold. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. 13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the… Read the whole commentary →

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