Luke 19:46

saying to them, “It has been written, My house is a house of prayer—but you made it a den of robbers.”

Literal Standard Version

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 having entered into the temple, He began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying,

47And He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy Him—also the chiefs of the people—

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Cross References

Psalms 93:5Your testimonies have been very steadfast, || Holiness befits Your house, O YHWH, for [the] length of [Your] days!

Jeremiah 7:11Has this house, || On which My Name is called, || Been a den of burglars in your eyes? Even I, behold, have seen,” || A declaration of YHWH.

Hosea 12:7Canaan! In his hand [are] balances of deceit! He has loved to oppress.

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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