17He taught, saying to them, |Isn't it written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it a den of robbers!|


In Context

14 Jesus told it, |May no one ever eat fruit from you again!| and his disciples heard it.

15 They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple, and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those who sold the doves.

16 He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple.

17 He taught, saying to them, |Isn't it written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it a den of robbers!|

18 The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

19 When evening came, he went out of the city.

Mark 11:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:17And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:17And as he taught them, he said, "Is it not written: " 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations' ? But you have made it 'a den of robbers.' "

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:17And he taught, saying to them: Is it not written, My house shall be called the house of prayer to all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:17And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17And he taught saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:17And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17And he taught, saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called by all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17and he was teaching, saying to them, 'Hath it not been written — My house a house of prayer shall be called for all the nations, and ye did make it a den of robbers?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:17And he taught, saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but you have made it a den of thieves.