John 2:16

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To those selling doves He said, 'Get these out of here! Stop turning My Father's house into a marketplace!'

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  • Matt 21:13 : 13 and he said to them, 'It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a den of thieves!'
  • Luke 2:49 : 49 He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"
  • Mark 11:17 : 17 As he was teaching them, he said, 'Is it not written: My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of robbers.'
  • Isa 56:5-9 : 5 I will give them within my house and within my walls a place and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will never be cut off.' 6 And to the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to serve Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold firmly to my covenant— 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.' 8 The Sovereign LORD declares, 'The One who gathers the dispersed of Israel: I will gather others to them besides those already gathered.' 9 All you wild animals of the field, come and devour, all you creatures of the forest. 10 Israel's watchmen are blind; they all lack knowledge. They are all mute dogs; they cannot bark. They lie around dreaming, loving to sleep. 11 Yet the dogs are greedy; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; all of them turn to their own way, each seeking his own gain from every quarter.
  • 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.
  • John 5:17 : 17 But Jesus answered them, 'My Father is working until now, and I too am working.'
  • 2 Pet 2:14-15 : 14 They have eyes full of adultery, never ceasing from sin. They entice unstable souls and have hearts trained in greed. They are accursed children. 15 They have abandoned the straight way and gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness.
  • Hos 12:7-8 : 7 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice and wait for your God continually. 8 Canaan, in whose hands are deceitful scales, loves to defraud.
  • John 10:29 : 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.
  • John 20:17 : 17 Jesus said to her, 'Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."'
  • Acts 19:24-27 : 24 A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a lot of business for the craftsmen. 25 He gathered them together, along with others who worked in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that we gain a good income from this business. 26 You see and hear that not only in Ephesus but almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great number of people by saying that gods made by hands are not really gods. 27 Not only is there a danger that our trade might fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis might be discredited, and her magnificence, whom all of Asia and the world worship, might be destroyed.
  • 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 These lead to constant friction among people who are corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means to profit. Stay away from such people.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 In their greed, they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
  • John 8:49 : 49 Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

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    13When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

    14In the temple courts, He found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.

    15So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both the sheep and the oxen. He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

  • Matt 21:12-15
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    12Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves,

    13and he said to them, 'It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a den of thieves!'

    14The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

    15When the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple, 'Hosanna to the Son of David!' they became indignant

  • Mark 11:15-17
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    15When they came to Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.

    16He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple.

    17As he was teaching them, he said, 'Is it not written: My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of robbers.'

  • Luke 19:45-46
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    45Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling and buying there.

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  • John 2:17-21
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    17Then His disciples remembered that it is written: 'Zeal for Your house will consume me.'

    18So the Jews responded to Him, 'What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do all this?'

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    20They replied, 'It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and You are going to raise it in three days?'

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  • Mark 14:58
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    58"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with human hands and in three days will build another, not made with hands.'"

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  • Mark 11:1-5
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    1As they approached Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples.

    2He said to them, 'Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.'

    3'If anyone asks you,

    4They went away and found the colt tied at the door outside on the street, and they untied it.

    5Some of those standing there said to them, 'What are you doing, untying the colt?'

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    11Has this house, which bears my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it,’ declares the LORD.

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    1When they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

    2saying to them, 'Go into the village ahead of you, and right away you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

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    27They came again to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, scribes, and elders came to him.

    28They asked him, 'By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you the authority to do this?'

  • Matt 21:23
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  • Matt 24:1-2
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    1As Jesus was leaving the temple and walking away, his disciples came to him to show him the temple buildings.

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  • Matt 15:13
    69%

    13He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.

  • Luke 21:5
    68%

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  • Mark 14:2
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  • John 8:20
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    20He spoke these words while teaching in the temple treasury. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

  • Mark 7:13
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    13You nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."

  • Mark 13:1-2
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    1As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, 'Teacher, look at these magnificent stones and impressive buildings!'

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  • John 12:13
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    13So they took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!"

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  • Luke 20:1
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