¹³ “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’^[a](A) but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’^[b]”^(B)

¹⁷ And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’^[a]?^(A) But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’^[b]”^(B)

⁴⁶ “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’^[a];^(A) but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’^[b]”^(B)

A Living Sacrifice

12 Therefore, I urge you,^(A) brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice,^(B) holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

¹⁵ Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice^(A) of praise—the fruit of lips^(B) that openly profess his name.