⁴⁵And he entered into the temple courts^* and^* began to drive out those who were selling, ⁴⁶saying to them, “It is written, ‘And my house will be a house of prayer,’^m but you have made it a cave of robbers!”

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Footnotes

*Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“entered”) has been translated as a finite verb
mA quotation from Isa 56:7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. “It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be a house of prayer’; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the people selling animals for sacrifices. He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

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