Matthew 21:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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!”

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 7:11 : 11 Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own is to be a hideout for robbers? You had better take note! I have seen for myself what you have done! says the LORD.
  • Isa 56:7 : 7 I will bring them to my holy mountain; I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray.”
  • Luke 19:46 : 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!”
  • Ps 93:5 : 5 The rules you set down are completely reliable. Holiness aptly adorns your house, O LORD, forever.
  • 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!”

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  • Luke 19:45-47
    3 verses
    95%

    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,

  • Mark 11:15-18
    4 verses
    93%

    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!”

    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.

  • Matt 21:12
    85%

    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.

  • John 2:14-17
    4 verses
    85%

    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.”

  • Jer 7:10-12
    3 verses
    79%

    10Then you come and stand in my presence in this temple I have claimed as my own and say,“We are safe!” You think you are so safe that you go on doing all those hateful sins!

    11Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own is to be a hideout for robbers? You had better take note! I have seen for myself what you have done! says the LORD.

    12So, go to the place in Shiloh where I allowed myself to be worshiped in the early days. See what I did to it because of the wicked things my people Israel did.

  • Matt 21:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    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

  • Matt 21:23
    73%

    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?”

  • Isa 56:7
    73%

    7I will bring them to my holy mountain; I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray.”

  • Luke 21:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    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,

    6“As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

  • 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 14:58
    71%

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

  • Matt 26:61
    71%

    61and declared,“This man said,‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

  • Matt 23:38
    70%

    38Look, your house is left to you desolate!

  • Luke 13:35
    70%

    35Look, your house is forsaken! And I tell you, you will not see me until you say,‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

  • Mark 15:29
    70%

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

  • Mark 11:11
    70%

    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.

  • John 2:19
    70%

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

  • John 2:21
    70%

    21But Jesus was speaking about the temple of his body.

  • Mark 13:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1The Destruction of the Temple Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him,“Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!”

    2Jesus said to him,“Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

  • Mark 12:40
    70%

    40They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment.”

  • Matt 21:42
    69%

    42Jesus said to them,“Have you never read in the scriptures:‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

  • Luke 22:52
    69%

    52Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him,“Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw?

  • 1 Cor 3:17
    69%

    17If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.

  • 2 Chr 7:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

    20then I will remove you from my land I have given you, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and I will make you an object of mockery and ridicule among all the nations.

    21As for this temple, which was once majestic, everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say,‘Why did the LORD do this to this land and this temple?’

  • Matt 12:6
    69%

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

  • Ps 74:7
    69%

    7They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.

  • Matt 24:1
    69%

    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 21:38
    69%

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

  • Jer 32:34
    68%

    34They set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own and defiled it.

  • Luke 20:1
    68%

    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 15:13
    68%

    13And he replied,“Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

  • John 8:2
    68%

    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.

  • Ezek 23:39
    68%

    39On the same day they slaughtered their sons for their idols, they came to my sanctuary to desecrate it. This is what they have done in the middle of my house.

  • Matt 26:55
    68%

    55At that moment Jesus said to the crowd,“Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

  • Mark 3:27
    68%

    27But no one is able to enter a strong man’s house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

  • Zech 5:4
    68%

    4“I will send it out,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones.”