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Matthew 21:13
And said to them, it is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer: but ye haue made it a denne of theeues.
Matthew 21:13 · Geneva Bible
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Matthew 21:13 in other translations
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”
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In context
10 And when he was come into Hierusalem, all the citie was mooued, saying, Who is this?
11 And the people said, This is Iesus that Prophet of Nazareth in Galile.
12 And Iesus went into the Temple of God, and cast out all them that solde and bought in the Temple, and ouerthrew the tables of the money chagers, and the seates of them that sold doues,
13 And said to them, it is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer: but ye haue made it a denne of theeues.
14 Then the blinde, and the halt came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.
15 But when the chiefe priestes and Scribes sawe the marueiles that hee did, and the children crying in the Temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Sonne of Dauid, they disdained,
16 And said vnto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Iesus said vnto them, Yea: read ye neuer, By the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast made perfite the praise?
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