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Matthew 21:13

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13And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘aMy house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a brobbers’ 1den.”

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Footnotes

  1. *Marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.
  2. 1Lit cave

Cross references

  1. aIs 56:7
  2. bJer 7:11

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He said to them, “It is written, my house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves!”

NLTNew Living Translation

He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a cave of robbers!”

KJV 1900King James Version

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.