46"It is written," he said to them, " 'My house will be a house of prayer' ; but you have made it 'a den of robbers.' "


In Context

43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.

44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you."

45 Then he entered the temple area and began driving out those who were selling.

46 "It is written," he said to them, " 'My house will be a house of prayer' ; but you have made it 'a den of robbers.' "

47 Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.

48 Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.

Luke 19:46 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:46Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:46Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:46saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:46saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:46saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:46Saying to them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:46saying to them, |It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:46saying to them, 'It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer — but ye made it a den of robbers.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:46Saying to them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but you have made it a den of thieves.