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45 Then Jesus entered the temple area. He began chasing out those who were selling there.
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When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling.
46 He told them, "It is written that the Lord said, 'My house will be a house where people can pray.'(Isaiah 56:7) But you have made it a 'den for robbers.' "(Jeremiah 7:11)
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“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 Every day Jesus was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests and the teachers of the law were trying to kill him. So were the leaders among the people.
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 But they couldn't find any way to do it. All the people were paying close attention to his words.
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Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.
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