John 2:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables.

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  • Mark 11:15 : 15 Cleansing the Temple Then they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,
  • Luke 19:45-46 : 45 Cleansing the Temple Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling things there, 46 saying to them,“It is written,‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!”
  • Mark 11:17 : 17 Then he began to teach them and said,“Is it not written:‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!”
  • Deut 14:23-26 : 23 In the presence of the LORD your God you must eat from the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the place he chooses to locate his name, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God always. 24 When he blesses you, if the place where he chooses to locate his name is distant, 25 you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, and travel to the place the LORD your God chooses for himself. 26 Then you may spend the money however you wish for cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and enjoy it.
  • Mal 3:1-3 : 1 “I am about to send my messenger, who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. 2 Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. 3 He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the LORD a proper offering.
  • Matt 21:12-13 : 12 Cleansing the Temple Then Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts, and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves. 13 And he said to them,“It is written,‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers!”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 2:15-17
    3 verses
    90%

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

    16To those who sold the doves he said,“Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father’s house a marketplace!”

    17His disciples remembered that it was written,“Zeal for your house will devour me.”

  • Matt 21:12-15
    4 verses
    89%

    12Cleansing the Temple Then Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts, and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.

    13And he said to them,“It is written,‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers!”

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

    15But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts,“Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

  • Mark 11:15-17
    3 verses
    88%

    15Cleansing the Temple Then they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,

    16and he would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.

    17Then he began to teach them and said,“Is it not written:‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!”

  • Luke 19:45-47
    3 verses
    84%

    45Cleansing the Temple Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling things there,

    46saying to them,“It is written,‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!”

    47Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,

  • John 2:13
    75%

    13Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • John 8:2
    73%

    2Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them.

  • John 12:14
    72%

    14Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

  • Mark 11:11
    72%

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

  • Mark 11:27
    71%

    27The Authority of Jesus They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him

  • Mark 11:1-5
    5 verses
    71%

    1The Triumphal Entry Now as they approached Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples

    2and said to them,“Go to the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

    3If anyone says to you,‘Why are you doing this?’ say,‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here soon.’”

    4So they went and found a colt tied at a door, outside in the street, and untied it.

    5Some people standing there said to them,“What are you doing, untying that colt?”

  • Luke 2:46
    70%

    46After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

  • Luke 20:1
    70%

    1The Authority of Jesus Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up

  • Matt 21:1-3
    3 verses
    70%

    1The Triumphal Entry Now when they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

    2telling them,“Go to the village ahead of you. Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

    3If anyone says anything to you, you are to say,‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.”

  • Mark 14:16
    70%

    16So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

  • Matt 21:23
    69%

    23The Authority of Jesus Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said,“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

  • Neh 13:20
    69%

    20The traders and sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice.

  • Luke 21:38
    69%

    38And all the people came to him early in the morning to listen to him in the temple courts.

  • Mark 14:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1The Plot Against Jesus Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

    2For they said,“Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”

  • Mark 12:41
    68%

    41The Widow’s Offering Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.

  • Acts 6:12
    68%

    12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

  • Acts 24:12
    68%

    12They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,

  • Luke 19:30
    68%

    30telling them,“Go to the village ahead of you. When you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

  • Matt 24:1
    68%

    1The Destruction of the Temple Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings.

  • Luke 22:13
    68%

    13So they went and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

  • 2 Chr 30:14
    68%

    14They removed the altars in Jerusalem; they also removed all the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.

  • John 7:14
    68%

    14Teaching in the Temple When the feast was half over, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.

  • Mark 9:14
    67%

    14The Disciples’ Failure to Heal When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law arguing with them.

  • John 2:19
    67%

    19Jesus replied,“Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again.”

  • John 12:12
    67%

    12The Triumphal Entry The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

  • Luke 19:35
    67%

    35Then they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt, and had Jesus get on it.

  • Luke 21:5
    67%

    5The Signs of the End of the Age Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,

  • Mark 14:58
    67%

    58“We heard him say,‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.’”

  • Mark 14:49
    67%

    49Day after day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that the scriptures would be fulfilled.”

  • Luke 21:1
    67%

    1The Widow’s Offering Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.