¹³The Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. ¹⁴He found those who were selling cattle, sheep, and pigeons in the temple courtyard. He also found moneychangers sitting there. ¹⁵He made a whip from small ropes and threw everyone with their sheep and cattle out of the temple courtyard. He dumped the moneychangers’ coins and knocked over their tables.

¹⁶He told those who sold pigeons, “Pick up this stuff, and get it out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!”

¹⁷His disciples remembered that Scripture said, “Devotion for your house will consume me.”

¹⁸The Jews reacted by asking Jesus, “What miracle can you show us to justify what you’re doing?”

¹⁹Jesus replied, “Tear down this temple, and I’ll rebuild it in three days.”

²⁰The Jews said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple. Do you really think you’re going to rebuild it in three days?”

²¹But the temple Jesus spoke about was his own body. ²²After he came back to life, his disciples remembered that he had said this. So they believed the Scripture and this statement that Jesus had made.

²³While Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover festival, many people believed in him because they saw the miracles that he performed. ²⁴Jesus, however, was wary of these believers. He understood people ²⁵and didn’t need anyone to tell him about human nature. He knew what people were really like.

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John 2:19: Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”