Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.

Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Don’t be moving from house to house.

How can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can rob his house.

Then it says, ‘I’ll go back to my house that I came from.’ And returning, it finds the house vacant, swept, and put in order.

And He said to them, “It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer. But you are making it a den of thieves!”

If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

“On the other hand, no one can enter a strong man’s house and rob his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he will rob his house.

Then He began to teach them: “Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves!”

He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.

But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great!”

and He said, “It is written, My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves!”

Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple complex, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with a joyful and humble attitude,

So he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

and that I did not shrink back from proclaiming to you anything that was profitable or from teaching it to you in public and from house to house.

For we know that if our temporary, earthly dwelling is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.

At the same time, they also learn to be idle, going from house to house; they are not only idle, but are also gossips and busybodies, saying things they shouldn’t say.

But finding fault with His people, He says:

Look, the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah—