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?'


In Context

14 and Jesus answering said to it, 'No more from thee — to the age — may any eat fruit;' and his disciples were hearing.

15 And they come to Jerusalem, and Jesus having gone into the temple, began to cast forth those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those selling the doves, he overthrew,

16 and he did not suffer that any might bear a vessel through the temple,

17 and 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?'

18 And the scribes and the chief priests heard, and they were seeking how they shall destroy him, for they were afraid of him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching;

19 and when evening came, he was going forth without 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17He 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!|

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.