13"It is written," he said to them, " 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers.' "


In Context

10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, "Who is this?"

11 The crowds answered, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee."

12 Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.

13 "It is written," he said to them, " 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers.' "

14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.

15 But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple area, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they were indignant.

Matthew 21:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:13And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:13And he saith to them: It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:13and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:13And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:13and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:13And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:13He said to them, |It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:13and he saith to them, 'It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:13And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.