World English Bible
Matthew 21:13
“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!”
Verse in context — Matthew 21
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The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.
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Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers' tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
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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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The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
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But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David!" they were indignant,
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Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.
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