Mar 11:15-19, Luk 19:45-48, Joh 2:13-22 | ISV | STEP | Jesus Throws the Merchants and Moneychangers out of the Temple When they came to Jerusalem, he went into the temple and began to throw out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple. He overturned the moneychangers’ tables and the chairs of those who sold doves.

Mark 11:15-19

15 Jesus Throws the Merchants and Moneychangers out of the Temple Matthew 21:12-17; Luke 19:45-48; John 2:13-22When they came to Jerusalem, he went into the temple and began to throw out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple. He overturned the moneychangers’ tables and the chairs of those who sold doves.Matt 21:12; Luke 19:45; John 2:14 16 He wouldn't even let anyone carry a vessel through the temple.

17 Then he began to teach them, saying, “It is written, is it not, ‘My house is to be called a house of prayer for all nations’? ^{▼▼Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11} But you have turned it into a hideout ^{▼▼Lit. cave} for bandits!”Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11 18 When the high priests and elders heard this, they began to look for a way to kill him. For they were afraid of him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.Matt 7:28; 21:45-46; Mark 1:22; Luke 4:32; 19:47 19 When evening came, Jesus and his disciples ^{▼▼Lit. came, they} would leave the city.

Luke 19:45-48

45 Jesus Throws the Merchants out of the Temple Matthew 21:12-17; Mark 11:15-19; John 2:13-22Then Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} went into the temple and began to throw out those who were selling things.Matt 21:12; Mark 11:11, 15; John 2:14-15 46 He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house is to be called a house of prayer,’ ^{▼▼Isa 56:7} but you have turned it into a hideout ^{▼▼Lit. cave} for bandits!”Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11

47 Then he began teaching in the temple every day. The high priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him,Mark 11:18; John 7:19; 8:37 48 but they couldn't find a way to do it, because all the people were eager to hear him.

John 2:13-22

13 Jesus Throws Merchants and Moneychangers out of the Temple Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45-46The Jewish Passover was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.Exod 12:14; Deut 16:1, 16; John 5:1; 6:4; 11:55; 16:23 14 In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, as well as moneychangers sitting at their tables.Matt 21:12; Mark 11:15; Luke 19:45 15 Making a whip out of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, including the sheep and the cattle. He scattered the coins of the moneychangers and knocked over their tables.

16 Then he told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!”Luke 2:49 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” ^{▼▼Ps 69:9}Ps 69:9

18 Then the Jews said to him, “What sign can you show us as authority for doing these things?”Matt 12:38; John 6:30

19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will rebuild it.”Matt 26:61; 27:40; Mark 14:58; 15:29

20 The Jews said, “This sanctuary has been under construction for forty-six years, and you're going to rebuild it in three days?” 21 But the sanctuary he was speaking about was his own body.1Cor 3:16; 6:19; 2Cor 6:16; Col 2:9; Heb 8:2 22 After he had been raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this. So they believed the Scripture and the statement that Jesus had made. ^{▼▼Lit. spoken}Luke 24:8