Luke 19:45-48

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

45 ¹And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold,

46 saying to them, "It is written, ²'My house shall be a house of prayer,' but ³you have made it a den of robbers."

47 ⁴And he was teaching daily in the temple. ⁵The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him,

48 but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 45-47, see Matthew 21:12-16; Mark 11:15-18; [John 2:14-16]
• 2. Cited from Isaiah 56:7
• 3. Jeremiah 7:11
• 4. Luke 20:1; See Matthew 26:55
• 5. See Matthew 21:46