15 And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered into the temple [courts] [and] began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple [courts], and overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who were selling doves.
16
And he did not permit anyone to carry objects through the temple [courts].
17
And he began to teach and was saying to them, "Is it not written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"
18
And the chief priests and the scribes heard [it], and began considering how they could destroy him. For they were afraid of him because the whole crowd was astounded by his teaching.
19
And when evening came they went out of the city.
[e].
*Here "[courts]" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
[f].
The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to teach")
[g].
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
[h].
The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began considering")
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