Matthew 21:13
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
In context
11 The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
12 Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
13 And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
14 The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.
15 But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”
Matthew 21:13 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
- KJV King James Version
- And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- WEB World English Bible
- He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”
- ASV American Standard Version
- and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and he saith to them, 'It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.