The Coming Messenger

“Behold, (A)I send My messenger,
And he will (B)prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple,
(C)Even the Messenger of the covenant,
In whom you delight.
Behold, (D)He is coming,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

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Jesus Cleanses the Temple(A)

15 (B)So they came to Jerusalem. Then Jesus went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold (C)doves. 16 And He would not allow anyone to carry wares through the temple. 17 Then He taught, saying to them, “Is it not written, (D)‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it a (E)‘den of thieves.’

18 And (F)the scribes and chief priests heard it and sought how they might destroy Him; for they feared Him, because (G)all the people were astonished at His teaching.

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Jesus Cleanses the Temple(A)

45 (B)Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who [a]bought and sold in it, 46 saying to them, “It is written, (C)‘My house [b]is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a (D)‘den of thieves.’

47 And He (E)was teaching daily in the temple. But (F)the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him,

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 19:45 NU were selling, saying
  2. Luke 19:46 NU shall be

Jesus Cleanses the Temple(A)

13 (B)Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 (C)And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers [a]doing business. 15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. 16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make (D)My Father’s house a house of merchandise!”

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Footnotes

  1. John 2:14 Lit. sitting

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