...profaning the holy places. This was not to be endured; and Jesus cast them all out, saying, " Is it not written, ' My House shall be called a House of Prayer ?' but ye have made it a den of thieves." Every church is a temple of God ; and each soul is a temple, set apart and consecrated...

...Comp. Mark xi. 1-11 ; Luke xix. 28-44 ; John xii. 12-19. 13 who sold the doves ; and said to them, It is written, " My house shall be called a house of prayer;* but ye make it 14 a den of robbers." f And the blind and lame came to him 15 in the temple, and he cured them....

...the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold the doves ; and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer : but ye make it a den of robbers." It was doubtless with a view to this phase of the energy of the highest...

...the end of His teaching, He is described by the other three Evangelists as saying more formally, " It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves" (St. Matt. xxi. 13 ; St. Luke xix. 46). St. Mark's words are slightly...

...ringing like the trumpet that shook Sinai when the Law was given, and made all the people to quake : ' " It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves." ' He then took up from the pavement at His feet a small cord, which some man...

...our public devotions. First. Let me remind you that we meet in the house of God to pray. Remember, it is written, ' My house shall be called a House of Prayer.' But can it be necessary that I should remind you of this ? Alas ! it is necessary. Some go only to hear...

...ye have made it a den of thieves." This last expression obviously refers to the dishonest practices to which the love of gain gave rise. But it may well...single-handed. Why did all these people tamely submit 1 Isaiah Ivi. 7 ; Jeremiah vii. 11. to being expelled ? How came it that the temple-guard, who had...

...spirit, he seconded his deeds by words taken from two wellknown prophetic sayings of the ancient times:1 "It is written : My house shall be called a house...last expression obviously refers to the dishonest practices to which the love of gain gave rise. But it may well be asked how Jesus could possibly cleanse...

...spirit, he seconded his deeds by words taken from two wellknown prophetic sayings of the ancient times:1 "It is written : My house shall be called a house...last expression obviously refers to the dishonest practices to which the love of gain gave rise. But it may well be asked how Jesus could possibly cleanse...

...and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold the doves, he said, ' It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer ; but ye have made it a den of robbers.' Now, notwithstanding the intimate connection between these two clauses, the first...