John 2

13 And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

The Cleansing of the Temple

14 And he found in the temple courts**Here "courts" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated. 15 And he made a whip of cords and**Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("made") has been translated as a finite verb drove them**Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation all out of the temple courts,**Here "courts" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself both the sheep and the oxen, and he poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their**Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun tables. 16 And to the ones selling the doves he said, "Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father’s house a marketplace!"*Literally "a market house"; or "a house of merchants" (an allusion to Zech 14:21)17 His disciples remembered that it is written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."*A quotation from Ps 69:9