16To those who sold doves he said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!"


In Context

13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

14 In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.

15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

16 To those who sold doves he said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!"

17 His disciples remembered that it is written: "Zeal for your house will consume me."

18 Then the Jews demanded of him, "What miraculous sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?"

John 2:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And to them that sold doves he said: Take these things hence, and make not the house of my Father a house of traffic.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:16and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16and said to the sellers of doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:16and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16And said to them that sold doves, Take these things hence: make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16To those who sold the doves, he said, |Take these things out of here! Don't make my Father's house a marketplace!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16and to those selling the doves he said, 'Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And said to them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.