Luke 19:46

46 Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves.

Luke 19:46 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 19:46

Saying unto them, it is written
In ( Isaiah 56:7 )

my house is the house of prayer;
built and devoted for that service:

but ye have made it a den of thieves;
which clause is not written in the above prophecy, but are the words of Christ referring to ( Jeremiah 7:11 ) . The Ethiopic version adds, "and robbers"; and the Persic version adds, "and a place of cut-purses"; (See Gill on Matthew 21:13).

Luke 19:46 In-Context

44 And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.

45 And he went into the Temple and put out those who were trading there,

46 Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves.

47 And every day he was teaching in the Temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people were attempting to put him to death;

48 But they were not able to do anything, because the people all kept near him, being greatly interested in his words.