15 They came to Jerusalem, and He went into the temple complex and began to throw out those buying and selling in the temple. He overturned the money changers' tables and the chairs of those selling doves,
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and would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple complex.
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Then He began to teach them: "Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations ? [a] But you have made it a den of thieves !" [b]
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Then the chief priests and the scribes heard it and started looking for a way to destroy Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished by His teaching.
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And whenever evening came, they would go out of the city.