Matthew 21:13

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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.'

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Isa 56:7 : 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.
  • Luke 19:46 : 46 saying to them, `It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer -- but ye made it a den of robbers.'
  • Ps 93:5 : 5 Thy testimonies have been very stedfast, To Thy house comely `is' holiness, O Jehovah, for length of days!
  • 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?'

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  • Luke 19:45-47
    3 verses
    95%

    45And having entered into the temple, he began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying,

    46saying to them, `It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer -- but ye made it a den of robbers.'

    47And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him -- also the chiefs of the people --

  • Mark 11:15-18
    4 verses
    93%

    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,

    16and he did not suffer that any might bear a vessel through the temple,

    17and 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?'

    18And the scribes and the chief priests heard, and they were seeking how they shall destroy him, for they were afraid of him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching;

  • Matt 21:12
    85%

    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,

  • John 2:14-17
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    85%

    14and he found in the temple those selling oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the money-changers sitting,

    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,

    16and to those selling the doves he said, `Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.'

    17And his disciples remembered that it is written, `The zeal of Thy house did eat me up;'

  • Jer 7:10-12
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    79%

    10And ye have come in and stood before Me, In this house on which My name is called, And have said, `We have been delivered,' In order to do all these abominations.

    11A 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.

    12But go ye, I pray you, Unto My place that `is' in Shiloh, Where I caused My name to dwell at first, And see that which I have done to it, For the wickedness of My people Israel.

  • Matt 21:14-15
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    75%

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

    15and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David,' were much displeased;

  • Matt 21:23
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    23And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, `By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?'

  • Isa 56:7
    73%

    7I 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.

  • Luke 21:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5And certain saying about the temple, that with goodly stones and devoted things it hath been adorned, he said,

    6`These things that ye behold -- days will come, in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'

  • Mark 11:27
    71%

    27And they come again to Jerusalem, and in the temple, as he is walking, there come unto him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,

  • Mark 14:58
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    58`We heard him saying -- I will throw down this sanctuary made with hands, and by three days, another made without hands I will build;'

  • Matt 26:61
    71%

    61said, `This one said, I am able to throw down the sanctuary of God, and after three days to build it.'

  • Matt 23:38
    70%

    38Lo, left desolate to you is your house;

  • Luke 13:35
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    35`Lo, your house is being left to you desolate, and verily I say to you -- ye may not see me, till it may come, when ye may say, Blessed `is' he who is coming in the name of the Lord.'

  • Mark 15:29
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    29And those passing by were speaking evil of him, shaking their heads, and saying, `Ah, the thrower down of the sanctuary, and in three days the builder!

  • Mark 11:11
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    11And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple, and having looked round on all things, it being now evening, he went forth to Bethany with the twelve.

  • John 2:19
    70%

    19Jesus answered and said to them, `Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.'

  • John 2:21
    70%

    21but he spake concerning the sanctuary of his body;

  • Mark 13:1-2
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    1And as he is going forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith to him, `Teacher, see! what stones! and what buildings!'

    2and Jesus answering said to him, `Seest thou these great buildings? there may not be left a stone upon a stone, that may not be thrown down.'

  • Mark 12:40
    70%

    40who are devouring the widows' houses, and for a pretense are making long prayers; these shall receive more abundant judgment.'

  • Matt 21:42
    69%

    42Jesus saith to them, `Did ye never read in the Writings, A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the Lord hath this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

  • Luke 22:52
    69%

    52And Jesus said to those having come upon him -- chief priests, and magistrates of the temple, and elders -- `As upon a robber have ye come forth, with swords and sticks?

  • 1 Cor 3:17
    69%

    17if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

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

    20and this house that I have sanctified for My name, I cast from before My face, and make it for a proverb, and for a byword, among all the peoples.

    21`And this house that hath been high, to every one passing by it, is an astonishment, and he hath said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land, and to this house?

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    69%

    6and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here;

  • Ps 74:7
    69%

    7They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,

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    69%

    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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    69%

    38and all the people were coming early unto him in the temple to hear him.

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    68%

    34`And they set their abominations in the house over which My name is called, so as to defile it;

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    1And it came to pass, on one of those days, as he is teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came upon `him',

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    13And he answering said, `Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up;

  • John 8:2
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    2and all the people were coming unto him, and having sat down, he was teaching them;

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    39And in their slaughtering their sons to their idols They also come in unto My sanctuary in that day to pollute it, And lo, thus they have done in the midst of My house,

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    55In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, `As against a robber ye did come forth, with swords and sticks, to take me! daily with you I was sitting teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold on me;

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