Luke 19:46

KJV1611 – Modern English

Saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.

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  • 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 my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.
  • Jer 7:11 : 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD.
  • Ezek 43:12 : 12 This is the law of the house: Upon the top of the mountain, its entire area all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
  • Ps 93:5 : 5 Your testimonies are very sure: holiness adorns your house, O LORD, forever.

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

    15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were very displeased,

  • Mark 11:15-18
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