Mark 11:15-18

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

15 1And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of 2the money-changers and the seats of those who sold 3pigeons.
16 And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple.
17 And he was teaching them and saying to them, "Is it not written, 4'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But 5you have made it a den of robbers."
18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and 6were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because 7all the crowd was astonished at his teaching.

Cross References 7

  • 1. For ver. 15-18, see Matthew 21:12-16; Luke 19:45-47; [John 2:14-16]
  • 2. [Exodus 30:13]
  • 3. Leviticus 1:14; Leviticus 5:7; Leviticus 12:8; Luke 2:24
  • 4. Cited from Isaiah 56:7
  • 5. Jeremiah 7:11
  • 6. See Matthew 21:46
  • 7. See Matthew 7:28
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