Mark 11:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And 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.

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  • Isa 56:7 : 7 I will make them come to my holy mountain, and will give them joy in my house of prayer; I will take pleasure in the burned offerings which they make on my altar: for my house will be named a house of prayer for all peoples.
  • Jer 7:11 : 11 Has 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.
  • Luke 19:46 : 46 Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves.
  • John 2:16 : 16 And to those who were trading in doves he said, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a market.
  • 1 Kgs 8:41-48 : 41 And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel; when he comes from a far country because of the glory of your name: 42 (For they will have news of your great name and your strong hand and your out-stretched arm;) when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house: 43 Give ear in heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have put up is truly named by your name. 44 If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayer to the Lord, turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have made for your name: 45 Give ear in heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them. 46 If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away as prisoners into a strange land, far off or near; 47 And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, and are turned again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil; 48 And with all their heart and soul are turned again to you, in the land of those who took them prisoners, and make their prayer to you, turning their eyes to this land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I made for your name:
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.
  • Isa 60:7 : 7 All the flocks of Kedar will come together to you, the sheep of Nebaioth will be ready for your need; they will be pleasing offerings on my altar, and my house of prayer will be beautiful.

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

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

    47 And every day he was teaching in the Temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people were attempting to put him to death;

  • Matt 21:12-15
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    12 And 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.

    13 And 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.

    14 And the blind and the broken in body came to him in the Temple, and he made them well.

    15 But 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,

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

    15 And 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;

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

    17 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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    15 And 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;

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    10 And come and take your place before me in this house, which is named by my name, and say, We have been made safe; so that you may do all these disgusting things?

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    18 And 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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    7 I will make them come to my holy mountain, and will give them joy in my house of prayer; I will take pleasure in the burned offerings which they make on my altar: for my house will be named a house of prayer for all peoples.

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    27 And 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:

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    58 He 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.

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    2 And early in the morning he came again into the Temple and all the people came to him and he was seated teaching them.

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    49 I was with you every day in the Temple teaching, and you did not take me; but this is done so that the Writings may come true.

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    38 See, your house is made waste.

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