John 2:14–22

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.