Matthew 21:13
and He says to them, “It has been written: My house will be called a house of prayer; but you made it a den of robbers.”
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14And there came to Him blind and lame men in the temple, and He healed them,
Cross References
Isaiah 56:7I have brought them to My holy mountain, || And caused them to rejoice in My house of prayer, || Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices || [Are] for a pleasing thing on My altar, || For My house is called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”
Matthew 2:5And they said to him, “In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet:
Luke 19:46saying to them, “It has been written, My house is a house of prayer—but you made it 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 →