46 and He said, “It is written, My house will be a house of prayer,(A) but you have made it a den of thieves!”(B)[a]

47 Every day He was teaching(C) in the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy(D) Him, 48 but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people(E) were captivated by what they heard.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 19:46 Is 56:7; Jr 7:11
  2. Luke 19:48 Lit people hung on what they heard

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