John 2:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.

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  • Ps 69:9 : 9 I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.
  • Ps 119:139 : 139 My passion has overcome me; because my haters are turned away from your words.

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  • John 2:13-16
    4 verses
    81%

    13The time of the Passover of the Jews was near and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

    14And there in the Temple he saw men trading in oxen and sheep and doves, and he saw the changers of money in their seats:

    15And he made a whip of small cords and put them all out of the Temple, with the sheep and the oxen, sending in all directions the small money of the changers and overturning their tables;

    16And to those who were trading in doves he said, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a market.

  • 9I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.

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    15And they came to Jerusalem; and he went into the Temple, and sent out those who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who were offering doves for money;

    16And he would not let any man take a vessel through the Temple.

    17And he gave them teaching, and said to them, Is it not in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer for all the nations? but you have made it a hole of thieves.

    18And it came to the ears of the chief priests and scribes, and they took thought how they might put him to death; being in fear of him, because all the people were full of wonder at his teaching.

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    45And he went into the Temple and put out those who were trading there,

    46Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves.

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    12And Jesus went into the Temple and sent out all who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those trading in doves.

    13And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.

  • 139My passion has overcome me; because my haters are turned away from your words.

  • John 2:18-22
    5 verses
    72%

    18Then the Jews put this question to him: What sign of authority have you to give us, seeing that you do these things?

    19And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days.

    20The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days!

    21But his words were about that holy building which was his body.

    22So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said.

  • 15But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him,

  • 8But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

  • 16(These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)

  • 11Has this house, which is named by my name, become a hole of thieves to you? Truly I, even I, have seen it, says the Lord.

  • 7They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth.

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    11And he went into Jerusalem into the Temple; and after looking round about on all things, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

    12And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food.

  • Matt 12:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

    4How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?

  • 58He said in our hearing, I will put an end to this Temple which is made with hands, and in three days I will make another without hands.

  • 1And Jesus went out of the Temple, and on the way his disciples came to him, pointing out the buildings of the Temple.

  • 8Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.

  • 2These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am angry about the fate of Zion, I am angry about her with great wrath.

  • 54And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, Lord, may we send fire from heaven and put an end to them?

  • Luke 6:3-4
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    3And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;

    4How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

  • 20And he went into a house. And the people came together again, so that they were not even able to take bread.

  • Mark 2:25-26
    2 verses
    68%

    25And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?

    26How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

  • 38See, your house is made waste.

  • 61But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.

  • 20Then I will have this people uprooted out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, I will put away from before my eyes, and make it an example and a word of shame among all peoples.

  • 6And he has violently taken away his tent, as from a garden; he has made waste his meeting-place: the Lord has taken away the memory of feast and Sabbath in Zion, and in the passion of his wrath he is against king and priest.

  • 11In view of all this, will you still do nothing, O Lord? will you keep quiet, and go on increasing our punishment?

  • 7For they have taken Jacob for their meat, and made waste his house.

  • 29And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,

  • 27And they came again to Jerusalem: and while he was walking in the Temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority:

  • 17And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

  • 17If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

  • 1And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings!

  • 5And some were talking about the Temple, how it was made fair with beautiful stones and with offerings, but he said,