CLEANSING THE TEMPLE

45 Hey went into the temple and began to throw out those who were selling,D 46 and he said, “It is written, my house will be a house of prayer,z but you have made it a den of thieves!”E,aa

47 Every day he was teachingab in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to killac him, 48 but they could not find a way to do it, because all the peoplead were captivated by what they heard.