16 Bible Verses about Status Of The Temple

Do not trust in deceptive words. They say: 'This is the Temple of Jehovah, the Temple of Jehovah, and the Temple of Jehovah.

Woe to you, you blind guides! You say, 'When you swear by the temple, it is nothing.' Then you say, 'When you swear by the gold of the temple, you are obligated.'

Has this house, called by my name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, declares Jehovah.

He told them: It is written, 'My house is to be named a house of prayer,' but you are making it a hiding place of thieves.

When he taught, he said: Is it not written, my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But you have made it a den of robbers.

He said: It is written my house shall be a house of prayer. You have made it a den of robbers.

Behold, I send my messenger! He will prepare the way before me. Seek Jehovah! He will suddenly come to his Temple along with the messenger of the covenant. He is one you desire, behold, he comes, said Jehovah of Hosts.

Then the Devil took him into the holy city and had him stand on top of the Temple.

He led him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle (highest level) of the temple. Then he said to him: If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here.

After Jesus left the temple, his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.

As he left the temple one of his disciples said to him: Teacher look at these stones and the great buildings!

Some spoke of how wonderful the temple was. How it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus replied:

His disciples remembered what was written. 'Zeal for your house shall eat me up.' (Psalm 69:9)

I will shake all the nations and make them afraid. The treasures of all the nations will be brought here. I will fill this house with glory.

You fools! You blind men! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?

He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him that dwells within it.