John 2:16

And He said to those selling doves; Take these things hence, make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.

In Context

15and having made a scourge of cords, He cast all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the money of the exchangers, and over-turned the tables.

17And His disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thy house doth eat me up.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:13and He says to them, It has been written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but you make it a den of thieves.

Luke 2:49And He said to them, Why were you seeking after me? Did you not know that it behooved me to be in the affairs of my Father?

John 8:49Jesus responded, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

John 20:17Jesus says to her, Cling not to me; for I have not ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and tell them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

1 Timothy 6:5wranglings of men having been corrupted as to their mind and turned away from the truth, considering that gain is godliness.

Matthew Henry on John 2:13-23

Temple-Merchandise Punished; Christ's Death and Resurrection Foretold. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. 13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the… Read the whole commentary →

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