Matthew 21:13

And he said to them, It is written, Mine house shall be called an house of prayer (or My House shall be called a House of Prayer); but ye have made it (into) a den of thieves.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 of God, and cast out of the temple all that bought and sold; and he turned upside-down the boards of (the) (money-)changers, and the chairs of men that sold culvers. (And Jesus entered into the Temple of God, and threw out of the Temple all who bought and sold; and he turned upside-down the tables of the money-changers, and the chairs of men who sold doves and pigeons.)

14And (the) blind and (the) crooked came to him in the temple, and he healed them. (And the blind and the lame came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.)

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Cross References

Isaiah 56:7I shall bring them into mine holy hill, and I shall make them glad in the house of my prayer; their burnt sacrifices and their slain sacrifices shall please me on mine altar; for why mine house shall be called an house of prayer to all peoples, (I shall bring them to my holy hill, and I shall make them happy in the House of my prayer; their burnt sacrifices and their slain sacrifices shall be acceptable on my altar; for my House shall be called a House of prayer for all peoples, or for all the nations,)

Matthew 2:5And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it is written by a prophet,

Luke 19:46and said to them, It is written, That mine house is an house of prayer, (or It is written, My House is a 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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