13And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
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Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-17)When Christ came into Jerusalem, he did not go up to the court or the palace, though he came in as a King, but into the temple ; for his kingdom is spiritual, and not of this world ; it is in holy things that he rules, in the temple of God that he exercises authority. Now, what did he do there? I. Thence he drove the buyers and sellers. Abuses must first be purged out, and the plants not of God’s…
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