Matthew 21:13

Then he said to them, “It is {◄ Jeremiah/A prophet► has} written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘ I want my house to be called a place where people pray’, but you bandits have made it [MET] your hideout!”

Translation for Translators

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

12Then Jesus went into the Temple courtyard and chased out all of those who were buying and selling things there. He also overturned the tables of those who were giving Temple tax money in exchange for Roman coins, and he overturned the seats of those who were selling pigeons for sacrifices.

14After that, many blind people and lame people came to Jesus in the temple in order that he would heal them, and he healed them.

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Cross References

Isaiah 56:7I will bring them to my sacred hill in Jerusalem, I will cause them to be very joyful in my temple where people pray to me, and I will accept the sacrifices that they completely burn on my altar and other sacrifices that they offer. I will do those things for them because I want my temple to be a building where people of all nations pray to me.

Matthew 2:5They said to him, “ He will be born in Bethlehem, here in Judea province, because it was written by the prophet Micah {the prophet Micah wrote} long ago what God said:

Luke 19:46and he began to chase them out. He said to them, “It has been written { A prophet wrote} in the Scriptures that God said, ‘ I want my house to be a place where people pray’; but you bandits have made it a cave where you can hide!”

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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