Parallel Verses
World English Bible
He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers!"
New American Standard Bible
And He *said to them,
King James Version
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Holman Bible
And He said to them,
International Standard Version
He told them, "It is written, "My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a hideout for bandits!"
A Conservative Version
And he says to them, It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer, but ye made it a den of robbers.
American Standard Version
and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.
Amplified
Jesus said to them,
An Understandable Version
And He said to them, "It is written [Isa. 56:7], 'My house [i.e., the Temple] will be called a house for prayer', but [Jer. 7:11 says], 'You have made it a hideout for thieves.'"
Anderson New Testament
and said to them: It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.
Common New Testament
And he said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers.'"
Daniel Mace New Testament
and said to them, it is written, " my house shall be the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves."
Darby Translation
And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.
Godbey New Testament
and He says to them, It has been written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but you make it a den of thieves.
Goodspeed New Testament
and he said to them, "The Scripture says, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a robbers' cave."
John Wesley New Testament
And saith to them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Julia Smith Translation
And he says to them, It was written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; and ye have made it a den of robbers.
King James 2000
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said to them, "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"
Modern King James verseion
And He said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called the house of prayer"; but you have made it a den of thieves.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.'"
Moffatt New Testament
and told them, "It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it a den of robbers."
Montgomery New Testament
"It is written," he said, "My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves."
NET Bible
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!"
New Heart English Bible
He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers."
Noyes New Testament
and said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer; but ye make it a den of robbers."
Sawyer New Testament
and said to them, It is written, my house shall be called a house of prayer; but you make it a den of robbers.
The Emphasized Bible
and saith unto them - It is written, My house, a house of prayer, shall be called; but, ye, are making it, A den of robbers!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and said unto them, It is written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer," but ye have made it a den of robbers.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And said to them: "Scripture says??My House shall be called a house of prayer'; but you are making it 'a den of robbers.'"
Webster
And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Weymouth New Testament
"It is written," He said, "'My House shall be called the House of Prayer', but you are making it a robbers' cave."
Williams New Testament
and said to them, "The Scripture says, 'My house must be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave for robbers."
Worrell New Testament
And He saith to them, "It has been written, 'My house, shall be called a house of prayer; but ye are making it a den of robbers!'"
Worsley New Testament
and said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called the house of prayer," but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he saith to them, 'It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.'
Themes
Caves » Were used as » Haunts of robbers
Covetousness » Instances of » Money-changers in the temple
Jesus Christ » History of » Drives the money changers out of the temple (in jerusalem)
Reproof » On account of » Sinful practices
Sacrilege » Instances of » Of the money-exchangers in the temple
Temple » Herod the great's temple » Jesus expels money-exchangers from
Temple » Solomon's » House of prayer
The First Temple » Appointed as a house of prayer
The Second Temple » Christ » Purified, at the close of his ministry
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 21:13
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Verse Info
Context Readings
The Cleansing Of The Temple
12 Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers' tables and the seats of those who sold the doves. 13 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers!" 14 The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
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Cross References
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 on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples."
Jeremiah 7:11
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Yahweh.
Psalm 93:5
Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, Yahweh, forevermore.
Matthew 2:5
They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,
Mark 11:17
He taught, saying to them, "Isn't it written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it a den of robbers!"
Luke 19:46
saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!"
John 15:25
But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'