Luke 19:44-46
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
44 They will smash you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another within you because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”(A)
The Cleansing of the Temple. 45 (B)Then Jesus entered the temple area[a] and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things,(C) 46 saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.’”(D)
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- 19:45–46 Immediately upon entering the holy city, Jesus in a display of his authority enters the temple (see Mal 3:1–3) and lays claim to it after cleansing it that it might become a proper place for his teaching ministry in Jerusalem (Lk 19:47; 20:1; 21:37; 22:53). See Mt 21:12–17; Mk 11:15–19; Jn 2:13–17 and the notes there.
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