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Mark 11:16-18
New Century Version
Mark 11:16-18
New Century Version
16 Jesus refused to allow anyone to carry goods through the Temple courts. 17 Then he taught the people, saying, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My Temple will be called a house for prayer for people from all nations.’[a] But you are changing God’s house into a ‘hideout for robbers.’”[b]
18 The leading priests and the teachers of the law heard all this and began trying to find a way to kill Jesus. They were afraid of him, because all the people were amazed at his teaching.
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- 11:17 ‘My Temple . . . nations.’ Quotation from Isaiah 56:7.
- 11:17 ‘hideout for robbers’ Quotation from Jeremiah 7:11.
Mark 11:16-18
New International Version
Mark 11:16-18
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- Mark 11:17 Isaiah 56:7
- Mark 11:17 Jer. 7:11
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