CLEANSING THE TEMPLE

13 The Jewish Passoverag was near, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.ah 14 In the templeai he found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and he also found the money changers sitting there. 15 After making a whip out of cords,aj he drove everyone out of the temple with their sheepak and oxen. He also poured out the money changers’ coins and overturned the tables. 16 He told those who were selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning my Father’sal houseam into a marketplace!”J,an