Luke 19:46

saying as he did so, “Scripture says – ‘My house will be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a den of robbers.”

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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

45Jesus went into the Temple Courts and began to drive out those who were selling,

47Jesus continued to teach each day in the Temple Courts; but the chief priests and teachers of the Law were eager to take his life, and so also were the leaders of the people.

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Cross References

Psalms 93:5What you have ordained is most sure; most sure shall your house stand inviolate, O Lord, for ever and ever.

Hosea 12:7A merchant uses false scales: They love to defraud.

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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