'Robbers' in the Bible

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.'

Then crucified with him are two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left,

with the same also the robbers, who were crucified with him, were reproaching him.

and he was teaching, saying to them, 'Hath it not been written -- My house a house of prayer shall be called for all the nations, and ye did make it a den of robbers?'

And with him they crucify two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on his left,

Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.

“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”

The Pharisee stood [ostentatiously] and began praying to himself [in a self-righteous way, saying]: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men—swindlers, unjust (dishonest), adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

saying to them, 'It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer -- but ye made it a den of robbers.'

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.

not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, greedy, robbers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.

thieves, greedy people, drunks, slanderers, and robbers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;