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Mark 11:15–17
15 And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered into the temple courts* and* began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple courts,* and overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who were selling doves. 16 And he did not permit anyone to carry objectse through the temple courts.* 17 And he began to teachf and was saying to them, “Is it not written,
‘My house will be called a house of prayer
for all the nations,’g
but you have made it a cave of robbers!”
| * | 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 |
| * | Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself |
| e | Or “merchandise” |
| * | Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself |
| f | The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to teach”) |
| g | A quotation from Isa 56:7 |
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