Matthew 21:13

"It is written," he said, "My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves."

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

In Context

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.

14Then the blind and the lame came to him in the Temple courts, and he healed them.

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Cross References

Matthew 2:5And they told him. "At Bethlehem in Judea, as it is written in the prophet.

Luke 19:46saying, "It is written, "The house of God shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers."

Matthew Henry on Matthew 21:13-18

The Profaners of the Temple Punished. 12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. 15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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