...doves, he said to them, quoting first the prophet Isaiah (56:7) and then the prophet Jeremiah (7:1), "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer', but you have made it a 'den of thieves.'" And according to John (2:16-17), he said to the traders, "Take...

...the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. And He said to them, 'It is written, MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER; BUT YOU ARE MAKING IT A ROBBERS' DEN.' " (Matthew 21:12-13; see ^so Mark 11:15-17, Luke 19:45-46, and John...

...interpreting these passages. Mark 11:17 (par. Matt 21:13; Luke 19:46; see John 2:16) "He said to them, 'It is written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer"; but you have made it a "cave of bandits" [splelaion lestdn}\'" This saying juxtaposes phrases from Isa...

...overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. He said to them, 'It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you are making it a den of robbers.'" 134. After Sanders, Judaism, pp. 132141. 135. Exodus 12:21-23....

...sources in the house of God. Because in Matthew 21:13 Jesus himself drove the money changers out, saying it is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves. In St. Luke 20:25 Jesus said, render therefore unto Caesar the things which be...

...and permitted by the Temple authorities, Jesus would not permit it in His Father's house. He said, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer', but you have made it a 'den of thieves' ". (Matthew 21:12 NKJV) Christ cleansed the Temple twice of such...

...tables of the money changers (traders) and the seats of those who sold doves. And He said to them, "It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves." Then the blind and the lame came to Him ^ Notice that after Jesus...

...about what was wrong in His house and then set the example of what was to follow: 'And He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer'; but you are making it a robber's den. And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed...

...the Temple is in this tradition of refocusing our religious practices on our relationship with God. "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer'; but you are making it a den of robbers" (Matt 21:13; parallels: Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46). In this, the gospels...

...overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves. He said to them, 'It is written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer"; but you are making it a den of robbers.' The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he cured...