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He told those who were selling doves, "Get these things out of here! Stop turning My Father's house into a marketplace!"
John 2:16 In-Context
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In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.
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So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
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To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!”
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His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
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The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”