John 2:16

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Summary

John 2:16

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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Luke 2:49

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Genesis 34:23

Bible References

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I will set up within my temple and my walls a monument that will be better than sons and daughters. I will set up a permanent monument for them that will remain.

Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own is to be a hideout for robbers? You had better take note! I have seen for myself what you have done! says the Lord.

The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.

And he said to them, "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a den of robbers!"

Then he began to teach them and said, "Is it not written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!"

For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen.

and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.

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So he told them, "My Father is working until now, and I too am working."

Jesus answered, "I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father -- and yet you dishonor me.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father's hand.

Jesus replied, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

But he replied, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"

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If we do so, won't their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let's consent to their demand, so they will live among us."