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


In Context

13 And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

14 and he found in the temple those selling oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the money-changers sitting,

15 and having made a whip of small cords, he put all forth out of the temple, also the sheep, and the oxen; and of the money-changers he poured out the coins, and the tables he overthrew,

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

17 And his disciples remembered that it is written, 'The zeal of Thy house did eat me up;'

18 the Jews then answered and said to him, 'What sign dost thou shew to us — that thou dost these things?'

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:16To those who sold doves he said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!"

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 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.