Matthew 21:13
He said to them, “It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers.”
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14Then the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
Cross References
Isaiah 56:7—I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; 1 their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar. 1 For my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations, 1
Matthew 2:5They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is what was written by the prophet, 1
Luke 19:46saying to them, “It is written, 'My house will be a house of prayer,' but you have 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 →