In Context

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?'

19 Jesus answered and said to them, 'Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.'

John 2:17 in Other Translations