John 2:16

And said to them that sold doves, Take away these things from hence, and make not my Father's house an house of traffick.

1770 John Worsley NT

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 having 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 threw down the tables.

17And his disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:13and said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called the house of prayer," but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Luke 2:49And He said to them, Why did ye so seek me? Did not ye know that I ought to be in my Father's house?

John 8:49Jesus answered I am not possessed by a demon, but I honour my Father, though ye dishonour me.

John 20:17Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not now; for I am not yet ascended to my Father; but go directly to my brethren, and tell them, "I am to ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God."

1 Timothy 6:5and void of truth, accounting gain to be godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

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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