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


In Context

43 'Because days shall come upon thee, and thine enemies shall cast around thee a rampart, and compass thee round, and press thee on every side,

44 and lay thee low, and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou didst not know the time of thy inspection.'

45 And having entered into the temple, he began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying,

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

47 And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him — also the chiefs of the people —

48 and they were not finding what they shall do, for all the people were hanging on him, hearing him.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:46"It is written," he said to them, " 'My house will be a house of prayer' ; but you have made it 'a den of robbers.' "

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 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.