John 2:14–17; Matthew 21:12–13; Mark 11:15–17; Luke 19:45–46; Malachi 3:1–3

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John 2:14–17

14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and upigeons, and the vmoney-changers sitting there. 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16 And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make wmy Father’s house a house of trade.” 17 His disciples xremembered that it was written, y“Zeal for your house will consume me.”


Matthew 21:12–13

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

12 iAnd Jesus entered the temple1 and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the jmoney-changers and the seats of those who sold kpigeons. 13 He said to them, “It is written, l‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a mden of robbers.”


Mark 11:15–17

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

15 wAnd they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the xmoney-changers and the seats of those who sold ypigeons. 16 And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple. 17 And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written, z‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a aden of robbers.”


Luke 19:45–46

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

45 yAnd he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, 46 saying to them, “It is written, z‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a aden of robbers.”


Malachi 3:1–3

1 j“Behold, I send my messenger, and khe will lprepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2 But mwho can endure the day of his coming, and nwho can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them olike gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord.1