Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.
New American Standard Bible
saying to them,
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.
Holman Bible
and He said,
International Standard Version
He told them, "It is written, "My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a hideout for bandits!"
A Conservative Version
saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye 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.
Amplified
saying to them,
An Understandable Version
saying to them, "It is written [Isa. 56:7], 'And my house [i.e., the Temple] will be a house for prayer, but [Jer. 7:11] 'You have made it a hideout for thieves.'"
Anderson New Testament
and said to them: It is written, My house is a house of prayer; but you have 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.
Common New Testament
saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer'; but you have made it a den of robbers."
Daniel Mace New Testament
"my house is a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves."
Godbey New Testament
saying to them; It has been written, My house shall be a house of prayer: but you have made it a den of thieves.
Goodspeed New Testament
and he said to them, "The Scripture says, 'And my house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers!"
John Wesley New Testament
Saying to them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Julia Smith Translation
Saying to them, It has been written, My house is the house of prayer: and ye have made it a den of robbers.
King James 2000
Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but you have made it a den of thieves.
Lexham Expanded Bible
saying to them, "It is written, 'And my house will be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"
Modern King James verseion
saying to them, It is written, "My house is a house of prayer," but you have made it a den of thieves.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
saying unto them, "It is written, 'My house is the house of prayer.' But ye have made it a den of thieves."
Moffatt New Testament
"It is written," he told them, "my house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers."
Montgomery New Testament
saying, "It is written, ??he house of God shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers."
NET Bible
saying to them, "It is written, 'My house will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of robbers!"
New Heart English Bible
saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'."
Noyes New Testament
saying to them, It is written, "And my house shall be a house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of robbers."
Sawyer New Testament
saying to them, it is written, My house shall be a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers.
The Emphasized Bible
saying unto them - It is written, And, my house, shall be, a house of prayer; but, ye, have made, it, a den of robbers.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Saying as he did so: "Scripture says--'My House shall be a House of Prayer'; but you have made it 'a den of robbers.'"
Webster
Saying to them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Weymouth New Testament
"It is written," He said, "'And My house shall be the House of Prayer,' but you have made it a robbers' cave."
Williams New Testament
and He said to them, "The Scripture says, 'And my house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave for robbers."
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'!"
Worrell New Testament
saying to them, "It has been written, 'And My house shall be a house of prayer;' but ye made it a den of robbers."
Worsley New Testament
saying unto them, It is written, "my house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves."
Youngs Literal Translation
saying to them, 'It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer -- but ye made it a den of robbers.'
Themes
Covetousness » Instances of » Money-changers in the temple
Jesus Christ » History of » Drives the money changers out of the temple (in jerusalem)
Sin » Defined » Denunciation of
Temple » Herod the great's temple » Jesus expels money-exchangers from
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 19:46
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Cleansing Of The Temple
45 And entering into the temple, he began to cast out those that sold and bought in it, 46 saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers. 47 And he was teaching day by day in the temple: and the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 7:11
Is this house, which is called by my name, a den of robbers in your eyes? Even I, behold, I have seen it, saith Jehovah.
Isaiah 56:7
even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar: for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.
Psalm 93:5
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thy house, O Jehovah, for ever.
Ezekiel 43:12
This is the law of the house: Upon the top of the mountain all its border round about is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
Hosea 12:7
He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
Matthew 23:13
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for ye do not enter, nor do ye suffer those that are entering to go in.