Jesus Goes to the Temple^(A)

¹² Jesus went into the ·Temple [temple complex; ^Cthe large temple area, not the inner building where only the priests could go] and ·threw [drove] out all the people who were buying and selling there. He turned over the tables of ·those who were exchanging different kinds of money [^Lthe moneychangers], and he upset the benches of those who were selling doves [or pigeons; ^Cmoneychangers provided particular coins needed for the temple tax; doves or pigeons were sold for sacrifices; Lev. 5:7]. ¹³ Jesus said to ·all the people there [^Lthem], “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My ·Temple [^LHouse] will be called a house for prayer [Is. 56:7].’ But you are ·changing [making] it into a ·hideout for robbers [^Tden of thieves; Jer. 7:11].”

¹⁴ The blind and ·crippled people [lame] came to Jesus in the Temple [courts; v. 12], and he healed them. ¹⁵ [^LBut when] The ·leading [^Tchief] priests and the ·teachers of the law [scribes] saw that Jesus was doing wonderful things and that the children were praising him in the Temple [courts; v. 12], saying, “·Praise [^LHosanna; v. 9] to the Son of David [^Ca title for the Messiah; v. 9].” All these things made the priests and the ·teachers of the law [scribes] ·very angry [indignant].

¹⁶ They asked Jesus, “Do you hear the things these children are saying?”

Jesus answered, “Yes. Haven’t you read in the Scriptures, ·‘You have taught children and babies to sing praises’ [^L‘From the mouths of infants and nursing babes you have prepared/created praise’; Ps. 8:2 LXX]?”

¹⁷ Then Jesus left and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.

¹¹ Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the Temple. After he had looked [around] at everything, since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with ·the twelve apostles [the Twelve].

Jesus Goes to the Temple^(A)

¹⁵ When Jesus ·returned [came] to Jerusalem, he went into the ·Temple [temple complex; ^Cthe large temple area, not the inner building where only the priests could go] and began to ·throw [drive] out those who were buying and selling there. He turned over the tables of ·those who were exchanging different kinds of money [^L the moneychangers], and he upset the benches of those who were selling doves [or pigeons; ^Cmoneychangers provided particular coins for the temple tax; doves or pigeons were sold for sacrifices; Lev. 5:7]. ¹⁶ Jesus refused to allow anyone to carry goods through the Temple courts. ¹⁷ Then he taught the people, saying, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My ·Temple [^LHouse] will be called a house for prayer for people from all nations’ [Is. 56:7]. But you ·are changing God’s house [^Lhave made it] into a ·‘hideout for robbers’ [^Tden of thieves’; Jer. 7:11].”

Jesus Goes to the Temple^(A)

⁴⁵ Jesus went into the Temple and began to ·throw [drive] out the people who were selling things there. ⁴⁶ He said, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My ·Temple [^LHouse] will be a house for prayer [Is. 56:7].’ But you have ·changed [made] it into a ‘·hideout for robbers’ [^Tden of thieves; Jer. 7:11]!”