Verse 46

He told them, 'It is written: My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers!'.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 56:7 : 7 'I will bring them to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.'
  • Jer 7:11 : 11 Has this house, which bears my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it,’ declares the LORD.
  • Ezek 43:12 : 12 This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice and wait for your God continually.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those entering to go in.
  • Ps 93:5 : 5 Your testimonies are very sure; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, forever.