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45 Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,
45
When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling.
46 saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of thieves.' "
46
“It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be a house of prayer’; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
47 And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him,
47
Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.
48 and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to hear Him.
48
Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.
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