Matthew 21:13
World English Bible (WEB)
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!”
In context
11 The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
12 Jesus entered into the temple of God and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
13 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!”
14 The lame and the blind came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,
Matthew 21:13 in every translation
- 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!”
- 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.
- 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.’”
- 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.