John 2:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and to those selling the doves he said, `Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.'

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  • Matt 21:13 : 13 and he saith to them, `It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.'
  • Luke 2:49 : 49 And he said unto them, `Why `is it' that ye were seeking me? did ye not know that in the things of my Father it behoveth me to be?'
  • Mark 11:17 : 17 and he was teaching, saying to them, `Hath it not been written -- My house a house of prayer shall be called for all the nations, and ye did make it a den of robbers?'
  • Isa 56:5-9 : 5 I have given to them in My house, And within My walls a station and a name, Better than sons and than daughters, A name age-during I give to him That is not cut off. 6 And sons of the stranger, who are joined to Jehovah, To serve Him, and to love the name of Jehovah, To be to Him for servants, Every keeper of the sabbath from polluting it, And those keeping hold on My covenant. 7 I have brought them unto My holy mountain, And caused them to rejoice in My house of prayer, Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices `Are' for a pleasing thing on Mine altar, For My house, `A house of prayer,' Is called for all the peoples. 8 An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Who is gathering the outcasts of Israel: `Again I gather to him -- to his gathered ones.' 9 Every beast of the field, Come to devour, every beast in the forest. 10 Blind `are' his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them `are' dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber. 11 And the dogs `are' strong of desire, They have not known sufficiency, And they `are' shepherds! They have not known understanding, All of them to their own way they did turn, Each to his dishonest gain from his quarter:
  • Jer 7:11 : 11 A den of burglars hath this house, On which My name is called, been in your eyes? Even I, lo, I have seen, an affirmation of Jehovah.
  • John 5:17 : 17 And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;'
  • 2 Pet 2:14-15 : 14 having eyes full of adultery, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having an heart exercised in covetousnesses, children of a curse, 15 having forsaken a right way, they did go astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the `son' of Bosor, who a reward of unrighteousness did love,
  • Hos 12:7-8 : 7 Canaan! in his hand `are' balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved. 8 And Ephraim saith: `Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours -- they find not against me iniquity that `is' sin.'
  • John 10:29 : 29 my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father;
  • John 20:17 : 17 Jesus saith to her, `Be not touching me, for I have not yet ascended unto my Father; and be going on to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and to your God.'
  • Acts 19:24-27 : 24 for a certain one, Demetrius by name, a worker in silver, making silver sanctuaries of Artemis, was bringing to the artificers gain not a little, 25 whom, having brought in a crowd together, and those who did work about such things, he said, `Men, ye know that by this work we have our wealth; 26 and ye see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost in all Asia, this Paul, having persuaded, did turn away a great multitude, saying, that they are not gods who are made by hands; 27 and not only is this department in danger for us of coming into disregard, but also, that of the great goddess Artemis the temple is to be reckoned for nothing, and also her greatness is about to be brought down, whom all Asia and the world doth worship.'
  • 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 wranglings of men wholly corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing the piety to be gain; depart from such;
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 and in covetousness, with moulded words, of you they shall make merchandise, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction doth not slumber.
  • John 8:49 : 49 Jesus answered, `I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me;

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    15and having made a whip of small cords, he put all forth out of the temple, also the sheep, and the oxen; and of the money-changers he poured out the coins, and the tables he overthrew,

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    12And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and did cast forth all those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers he overturned, and the seats of those selling the doves,

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

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    15And they come to Jerusalem, and Jesus having gone into the temple, began to cast forth those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those selling the doves, he overthrew,

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  • Luke 19:45-46
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    45And having entered into the temple, he began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying,

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    1And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple,

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  • Luke 2:49
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  • Matt 15:13
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    13setting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.'

  • Mark 13:1-2
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  • Matt 21:19
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  • John 12:13
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  • Neh 13:20
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    17if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

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