Luke 19:46

Saying vnto them, It is written, Mine house is the house of prayer, but ye haue made it a denne of theeues.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

45He went also into the Temple, and began to cast out them that solde therein, and them that bought,

47And he taught dayly in the Temple. And the hie Priests and the Scribes, and the chiefe of the people sought to destroy him.

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Cross References

Psalms 93:5Thy testimonies are very sure: holinesse becommeth thine House, O Lord, for euer.

Jeremiah 7:11Is this House become a denne of theeues, whereupon my Name is called before your eyes? Beholde, euen I see it, sayeth the Lord.

Hosea 12:7He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse.

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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