Matthew 21:13

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

1770 John Worsley NT

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 went into the temple of God, and drove out all that were selling and buying in the court of the temple, and threw down the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves:

14And there came to Him in the temple both blind and lame, and He healed them:

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Cross References

Matthew 2:5for thus it is written by the prophet,

Luke 19:46saying unto them, It is written, "my house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves."

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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