John 2:14

There he found in the temple those who were selling cattle and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting there.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

In Context

13Now the Passover of the Jews was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

15So he plaited a scourge of rushes, and drove all out of the temple - both the sheep and oxen. He began to pour out the coins of the money- changers, and to overturn their tables,

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Cross References

Matthew 21:12Then Jesus entered into the Temple courts, and cast out all who were buying and selling there, and overturned the tables of the money- changers, and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

Mark 11:17"Is it not written," he said, "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But you have made it a den of robbers."

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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