KJV King James Version
And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
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And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
To those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!”
and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise.
and to those selling the doves he said, ‘Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.’
13 And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;
16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
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