Then the devil *took Him along into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,

Or have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, and yet are innocent?

But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here.

The Temple Tax

Now when they came to Capernaum, those who collected the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?”

Cleansing the Temple

And Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying on the temple grounds, and He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.

And those who were blind and those who limped came to Him in the temple area, and He healed them.

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple area, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant,

Authority Challenged

When He entered the temple area, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.’

You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?

And the one who swears by the temple, swears both by the temple and by Him who dwells in it.

so that upon you will fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Signs of Christ’s Return

Jesus left the temple area and was going on His way when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him.

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would against a man inciting a revolt? Every day I used to sit within the temple grounds teaching, and you did not arrest Me.

and said, “This man stated, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to rebuild it in three days.’”

And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and left; and he went away and hanged himself.

The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them in the temple treasury, since it is money paid for blood.”

and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.