Matthew 21:12–13

CLEANSING THE TEMPLE

12 Jesus went into the templeB,c and threw out all those buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.d 13 He said to them, “It is written, my house will be called a house of prayer,C but you are making it a den of thieves!”D,e

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B	Other mss add of God
c	Mk 11:15–18 Lk 19:45–47 Jn 2:14–16
d	Ex 30:13 Le 1:14 Le 5:7 Le 12:8 Dt 14:25
C	Is 56:7
D	Je 7:11
e	Je 7:11