Mark 11:17

American Standard Version (1901)

And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 56:7 : 7 even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
  • Jer 7:11 : 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith Jehovah.
  • Luke 19:46 : 46 saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.
  • John 2:16 : 16 and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
  • 1 Kgs 8:41-48 : 41 Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name's sake 42 (for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thine outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house; 43 hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by my name. 44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Jehovah toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name; 45 then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. 46 If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or near; 47 yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly; 48 if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 [He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
  • Isa 60:7 : 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee; they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar; and I will glorify the house of my glory.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Luke 19:45-47
    3 verses
    93%

    45And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold,

    46saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.

    47And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him:

  • Matt 21:12-15
    4 verses
    93%

    12And Jesus entered 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 the doves; [

    13and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.

    14And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

    15But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children that were crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were moved with indignation,

  • John 2:14-17
    4 verses
    83%

    14And he found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

    15and he made a scourge of cords, and cast all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers' money, and overthrew their tables;

    16and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.

    17His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shall eat me up.

  • Mark 11:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

    15And they come to Jerusalem: and he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and them that bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold the doves;

    16and he would not suffer that any man should carry a vessel through the temple.

  • Jer 7:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that ye may do all these abominations?

    11Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith Jehovah.

  • Mark 11:18
    78%

    18And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, for all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

  • Isa 56:7
    74%

    7even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

  • Matt 21:23
    73%

    23And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

  • Mark 11:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders;

    28and they said unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? or who gave thee this authority to do these things?

  • Luke 21:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and offerings, he said,

    6As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

  • Mark 14:58
    72%

    58We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.

  • John 8:2
    72%

    2And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

  • Mark 11:11
    72%

    11And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple; and when he had looked round about upon all things, it being now eventide, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.

  • Luke 20:1
    72%

    1And it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, there came upon him the chief priests and the scribes with the elders;

  • Matt 26:55
    71%

    55In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and staves to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and ye took me not.

  • Matt 26:61
    71%

    61and said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

  • Matt 12:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here.

    7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

  • Mark 14:49
    70%

    49I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but [this is done] that the scriptures might be fulfilled.

  • Mark 15:29
    70%

    29And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

  • Mark 12:40
    70%

    40they that devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.

  • Luke 20:17
    70%

    17But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?

  • 1 Cor 3:17
    70%

    17If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

  • Matt 23:38
    70%

    38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

  • John 2:21
    70%

    21But he spake of the temple of his body.

  • Luke 13:35
    70%

    35Behold, your house is left unto you [desolate] : and I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

  • John 8:20
    70%

    20These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man took him; because his hour was not yet come.

  • 2 Chr 7:20
    70%

    20then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

  • Mark 13:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Teacher, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings!

    2And Jesus said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down.

  • Mark 12:10
    70%

    10Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;

  • Matt 15:7
    70%

    7Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

  • Luke 11:39
    69%

    39And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

  • John 2:19
    69%

    19Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

  • Luke 22:52
    69%

    52And Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and elders, that were come against him, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves?

  • Luke 21:37-38
    2 verses
    69%

    37And every day he was teaching in the temple; and every night he went out, and lodged in the mount that is called Olivet.

    38And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.

  • Mark 7:13
    69%

    13making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.