Matthew 21:13
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And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
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THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS QUESTIONED AND THE REPLY--THE PARABLES OF THE TWO SONS, AND OF THE WICKED HUSBANDMAN. ( = Mark 11:27-12:12; Luke 20:1-19). (Mat. 21:23-46) By what authority doest thou these things!--referring particularly to the expulsion of the buyers and sellers from the temple, and who gave thee this authority?
Open source ↗21:13 Jesus’ actions were justified, because God’s glory was being desecrated through financial exploitation.
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Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
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.”
He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.
But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: