Luke 19:46 “He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of pray…”

Luke 19:46

He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’ ”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

World English Bible

saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”

American Standard Version

saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.

Geneva Bible 1599

Saying vnto them, It is written, Mine house is the house of prayer, but ye haue made it a denne of theeues.

Darby Translation

saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves.

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Cross references

“Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.”

Isaiah 56:7 Jeremiah 7:11 Psalm 93:5 Ezekiel 43:12 Hosea 12:7 Matthew 23:14

Isaiah 56:7 · BSB

I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

Jeremiah 7:11 · BSB

Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.

Psalm 93:5 · BSB

Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.

Ezekiel 43:12 · BSB

This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.

Hosea 12:7 · BSB

A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

Also

Matthew 23:13

Matthew 23:13 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

45Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.

47Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.

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