Thematic Bible: Money-changers in the temple


Thematic Bible



And Jesus went into the Temple and drove out all who were buying or selling things in it, and he upset the money-changers' tables and the pigeon-dealers' seats, and he said to them, "The Scripture says, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a robbers' cave."

Then he went into the Temple and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things there, 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!"

In the Temple he found the dealers in cattle, sheep, and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting at their tables. And he made a lash out of rope, and drove them all, sheep and cattle, out of the Temple, and scattered the money-changers' coins on the ground, and overturned their tables. And he said to the pigeon-dealers, "Take these things away! Do not turn my Father's house into a market!"