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12 And Jesus went into the temple ([a]whole temple enclosure) and drove out all who bought and sold in the [b]sacred place, and He turned over the [c]four-footed tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who sold doves.

13 He said to them, The Scripture says, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers.(A)

14 And the blind and the lame came to Him in the [d]porches and courts of the temple, and He cured them.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:12 Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
  2. Matthew 21:12 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  3. Matthew 21:12 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary.
  4. Matthew 21:14 Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.

Jesus at the Temple(A)

12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying(B) and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers(C) and the benches of those selling doves.(D) 13 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’[a](E) but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’[b](F)

14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:13 Isaiah 56:7
  2. Matthew 21:13 Jer. 7:11