World English Bible
John 2:16
“To those who sold the doves, he said, "Take these things out of here! Don't make my Father's house a marketplace!”
Verse in context — John 2
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He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting.
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He made a whip of cords, and threw all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers' money, and overthrew their tables.
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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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His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will eat me up.
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The Jews therefore answered him, "What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?
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