Matthew 21:13

13 “It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’[a] but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’[b]

Matthew 21:13 in Other Translations

KJV
13 And said unto them,It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
ESV
13 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers."
NLT
13 He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves!”
MSG
13 He quoted this text: My house was designated a house of prayer; You have made it a hangout for thieves.
CSB
13 And He said to them, "It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer. But you are making it a den of thieves !"

Matthew 21:13 In-Context

11 The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.
13 “It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.
15 But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant.

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