Luke 19:46

and said to them, It is written that my house is the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 as he went into the temple, he began to cast out those who bought in it and sold,

47And he taught every day in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the elders of the people sought to destroy him,

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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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