Matthew 21:13

and saith unto them—It is written, My house, a house of prayer, shall be called; but, ye, are making it, A den of robbers!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

12And Jesus entered into the temple, and cast out all who were selling and buying in the temple,—and, the tables of the money-changers, he overthrew, and the seats of them who were selling doves;

14And there came unto him blind and lame, in the temple, and he cured them.

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Cross References

Isaiah 56:7Surely I will bring them into my holy mountain And make them joyful in my house of prayer, Their ascending-offerings and their sacrifices, being accepted upon mine altar,—For, my house, a house of prayer, shall be called, for all the peoples!

Matthew 2:5And, they, said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea,—for, so, is it written through the prophet:

Luke 19:46saying unto them—It is written, And, my house, shall be, a house of prayer; but, ye, 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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