16 and would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple complex.

17 Then He began to teach them: “Is it not written,(A) My house(B) will be called a house of prayer(C) for all nations?[a] But you have made it a den of thieves!”(D)[b] 18 Then the chief priests and the scribes(E) heard it and started looking for a way to destroy Him. For they were afraid(F) of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished by His teaching.

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16 and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. 17 And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’[a]?(A) But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’[b](B)

18 The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him,(C) because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 11:17 Isaiah 56:7
  2. Mark 11:17 Jer. 7:11