John 2:16

and said to those who sold doves, Take these hence; make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and scattered the money of the exchangers, and overturned the tables;

17Then the disciples remembered that it was written, “The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.”

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Cross References

Matthew 21:13and said unto them, It is written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer,” but ye have made it a den of robbers.

Luke 2:49And he said unto them, Wherefore did ye seek me? did you not know, that I must be occupied with my Father’s affairs?

John 8:49Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me.

John 20:17Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I have not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and tell them, I am ascending to my Father, and your Father; to my God, and your God.

1 Timothy 6:5perverse wranglings of men corrupt in mind, and destitute of truth, who think to make gain of godliness; depart from such men.

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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