John 2

Cleansing the Temple

13 The Jewish Passover  * 2:13 Ex 12:11 was near, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.  * 2:13 Mt 23:3714 In the temple  * 2:14–17 Mt 21:12–13; Mk 11:15–17; Lk 19:45–46 he found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and he also found the money changers sitting there. 15 After making a whip out of cords,  * 2:15 Ac 27:32 he drove everyone out of the temple with their sheep  * 2:15 Mt 7:15 and oxen. He also poured out the money changers’ coins and overturned the tables. 16 He told those who were selling doves, "Get these things out of here! Stop turning my Father’s* 2:16 Mt 5:16; 11:27; Jn 8:42house* 2:16 Lk 11:51; Jn 2:17into a marketplace! "* 2:16 Lit a house of business,* 2:16 Jr 7:11; Zch 14:21; Mal 3:1–3

17 And his disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal* 2:17 Nm 25:13for your house will consume* 2:17 Gl 5:15me.* 2:17 Ps 69:9,* 2:17 Ps 69:9