Mark 11:17

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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.'

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  • 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.
  • Luke 19:46 : 46 He told them, 'It is written: My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers!'.
  • John 2:16 : 16 To those selling doves He said, 'Get these out of here! Stop turning My Father's house into a marketplace!'
  • 1 Kgs 8:41-48 : 41 As for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but comes from a distant land because of Your name— 42 for they will hear of Your great name, Your mighty hand, and Your outstretched arm. When they come and pray toward this house, 43 then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all the foreigner asks You for, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and may know that this house I have built is called by Your name. 44 When Your people go out to fight against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the temple I have built for Your name, 45 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. 46 When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive to a land far away or near, 47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly'; 48 and if they turn back to You with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to You in the direction of the land You gave to their ancestors, the city You have chosen, and the temple I have built for Your name,
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice and wait for your God continually.
  • Isa 60:7 : 7 All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you; they will go up with acceptance on my altar, and I will glorify the house of my splendor.

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  • Luke 19:45-47
    3 verses
    93%

    45Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling and buying there.

    46He told them, 'It is written: My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers!'.

    47Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were seeking to destroy him.

  • Matt 21:12-15
    4 verses
    93%

    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

  • John 2:14-17
    4 verses
    83%

    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.

    16To those selling doves He said, 'Get these out of here! Stop turning My Father's house into a marketplace!'

    17Then His disciples remembered that it is written: 'Zeal for Your house will consume me.'

  • Mark 11:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Jer 7:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my name, and say, ‘We are safe,’ only to go on doing all these detestable things?

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

  • Mark 11:18
    78%

    18The chief priests and the scribes heard this and began seeking a way to destroy him. They were afraid of him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.

  • Isa 56:7
    74%

    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.'

  • Matt 21:23
    73%

    23When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, 'By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?'

  • Mark 11:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    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?'

  • Luke 21:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5Some people were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, and he said,

    6‘As for these things you see, days are coming when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.’

  • Mark 14:58
    72%

    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.'"

  • John 8:2
    72%

    2Early in the morning, he came again to the temple, and all the people were coming to him. He sat down and began teaching them.

  • Mark 11:11
    72%

    11Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. After looking around at everything, since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

  • Luke 20:1
    72%

    1One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes, together with the elders, came up to him.

  • Matt 26:55
    71%

    55At that time, Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as if I were a robber? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.

  • Matt 26:61
    71%

    61They declared, "This man said, 'I can destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'"

  • Matt 12:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.

    7If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.

  • Mark 14:49
    70%

    49Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."

  • Mark 15:29
    70%

    29Those who passed by were hurling insults at Him, shaking their heads and saying, 'Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

  • Mark 12:40
    70%

    40They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.'

  • Luke 20:17
    70%

    17But Jesus looked at them and said, 'Then what is this that is written: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone"?'

  • 1 Cor 3:17
    70%

    17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

  • Matt 23:38
    70%

    38Look, your house is left to you desolate.

  • John 2:21
    70%

    21But He was speaking about the temple of His body.

  • Luke 13:35
    70%

    35Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’

  • John 8:20
    70%

    20He spoke these words while teaching in the temple treasury. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

  • 2 Chr 7:20
    70%

    20then I will uproot you from My land that I have given you, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.

  • Mark 13:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

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

    2Jesus replied, 'Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.'

  • Mark 12:10
    70%

    10Have you not read this Scripture: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.'?

  • Matt 15:7
    70%

    7You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, saying,

  • Luke 11:39
    69%

    39Then the Lord said to him, 'Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

  • John 2:19
    69%

    19Jesus answered them, 'Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.'

  • Luke 22:52
    69%

    52Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, "Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs?

  • Luke 21:37-38
    2 verses
    69%

    37Each day Jesus was teaching at the temple, and each evening he went out to spend the night on the hill called the Mount of Olives.

    38And all the people would get up early in the morning to come to him in the temple to hear him.

  • Mark 7:13
    69%

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