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John 2:16
And said to them that sold doves, Take these things hence: make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
John 2:16 · Webster Bible
John 2:16 in other translations
And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
To those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!”
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In context
13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the changers of money, sitting:
15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
16 And said to them that sold doves, Take these things hence: make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up.
18 Then answered the Jews, and said to him, What sign showest thou to us, seeing that thou doest these things?
19 Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
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