Mat 21:12-15, 23, 45-46, Luk 21:37-38, Joh 7:25-26, 30, 45 | ESV | STEP | And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple , and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons .

12 ^aAnd Jesus entered the temple ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add of God} and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of ^cthe money-changers and the seats of those who sold ^dpigeons. 13 He said to them, “It is written, ^e‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but ^fyou make it a den of robbers.”

14 ^gAnd the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 15 ^hBut when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, ⁱ“Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant,

Matthew 21:23

The Authority of Jesus Challenged

23 ^jAnd when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him ^kas he was teaching, and said, ^l“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

Matthew 21:45-46

45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them. 46 And ^malthough they were seeking to arrest him, ⁿthey feared the crowds, because they held him to be ^oa prophet.

Luke 21:37-38

37 And ^pevery day he was teaching in the temple, but ^qat night he went out and lodged on ^rthe mount called Olivet. 38 And early in the morning ^sall the people came to him in the temple to hear him.

John 7:25-26

Can This Be the Christ?

25 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom ^tthey seek to kill? 26 And here he is, ^uspeaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that ^vthe authorities really know that this is the Christ?

John 7:30

30 ^wSo they were seeking to arrest him, but ^xno one laid a hand on him, ^ybecause his hour had not yet come.

John 7:45

45 ^zThe officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”