Cleansing the Temple
45 He 19:45–48 Mt 21:12–19; Mk 11:12–19; Jn 2:13–17; 8:1–2; 11:45–53 went into the temple and began to throw out those who were selling, 19:45 Other mss add and buying in it46 and he said, "It is written, my house will be a house of prayer, 19:46 Is 56:7but you have made it a den of thieves! " 19:46 Is 56:7; Jr 7:11, 19:46 Jr 7:11
47 Every day he was teaching 19:47 Mt 26:55; Lk 20:1 in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to kill 19:47 Lk 6:11; 11:53–54; 20:19 him, 48 but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people 19:48 Lk 18:43; 20:6 were captivated by what they heard.