Luke 19:46
King James Version (KJV)
Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
In context
44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
Luke 19:46 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- WEB World English Bible
- saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
- ASV American Standard Version
- saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- saying to them, 'It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer — but ye made it a den of robbers.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Saying to them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.