Mark 11:15

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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,

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  • Matt 21:12-16 : 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!” 14 The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them. 15 But 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 16 and said to him,“Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them,“Yes. Have you never read,‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself’?”
  • Luke 19:45-47 : 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!” 47 Jesus 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 2:13-17 : 13 Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables. 15 So 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. 16 To those who sold the doves he said,“Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father’s house a marketplace!” 17 His disciples remembered that it was written,“Zeal for your house will devour me.”
  • Deut 14:25-26 : 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.

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    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

  • John 2:13-17
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    13Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

    14He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables.

    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.”

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    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,

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    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!”

    18The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.

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    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.

    12Cursing of the Fig Tree Now the next day, as they went out from Bethany, he was hungry.

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    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

    28and said,“By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”

  • 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?”

  • Mark 11:1-5
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    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?”

  • 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.

  • 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

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

  • Mark 11:7-9
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    7Then they brought the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.

    8Many spread their cloaks on the road and others spread branches they had cut in the fields.

    9Both those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting,“Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

    13So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout,“Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!”

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

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

  • 29Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying,“Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

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

  • 8When the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said,“Why this waste?

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

  • 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,

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

  • 14He said to it,“May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.

  • 19After noticing a fig tree by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it,“Never again will there be fruit from you!” And the fig tree withered at once.

  • 11When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

  • 20The Withered Fig Tree In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.

  • 13The LORD then said to me,“Throw to the potter that exorbitant sum at which they valued me!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the temple of the LORD.

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