John 2:16

And to the pigeon-dealers He said, "Take these things away. Do not turn my Father's house into a market."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

15So He plaited a whip of rushes, and drove all--both sheep and bullocks--out of the Temple. The small coin of the brokers He upset on the ground and overturned their tables.

17This recalled to His disciples the words of Scripture, "My zeal for Thy House will consume me."

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Cross References

Matthew 21:13"It is written," He said, "`My House shall be called the House of Prayer', but you are making it a robbers' cave."

Luke 2:49"Why is it that you have been searching for me?" He replied; "did you not know that it is my duty to be engaged upon my Father's business?"

John 8:49"I am not possessed by a demon," replied Jesus. "On the contrary I honour my Father, and you dishonour me.

John 20:17"Do not cling to me," said Jesus, "for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But take this message to my brethren: `I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

1 Timothy 6:5and persistent wranglings on the part of people whose intellects are disordered and they themselves blinded to all knowledge of the truth; who imagine that godliness means 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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