John 2:16

To those who sold the doves, he said, "Take these things out of here! Do not make my Father's house a marketplace!"

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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

15He made a whip of cords, and threw all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers' money, and overthrew their tables.

17His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will eat me up."

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Cross References

Jeremiah 7:11Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says the Lord.

Matthew 21:13He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers!"

Luke 2:49He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"

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

John 20:17Jesus said to her, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

1 Timothy 6:5constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.

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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