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!"

But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

How else can someone enter a strong man's house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.