John 2:16

And said to those who sold doves, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of merchandise.

Revised King James 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 when he had made a whip of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep, and the oxen; and he poured out the changers' money, and overturned their tables;

17And his disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for your house will consume me.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:13And 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 2:49And he said to them, Why were you seeking me? did you not know that I must be about my Father's business?

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

John 20:17Jesus said to her, Do not hold me; for I have not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend to my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

1 Timothy 6:5And wrangling among men of corrupt minds, who are destitute of the truth, and suppose that godliness is a means to 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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