John 2:14–22

¹⁴In the Temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves. He saw others sitting at tables, exchanging different kinds of money. ¹⁵Jesus made a whip out of cords and forced all of them, both the sheep and cattle, to leave the Temple. He turned over the tables and scattered the money of those who were exchanging it. ¹⁶Then he said to those who were selling pigeons, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a place for buying and selling!”

¹⁷When this happened, the followers remembered what was written in the Scriptures: “My strong love for your Temple completely controls me.” ⁿ

¹⁸Some of his people said to Jesus, “Show us a miracle to prove you have the right to do these things.”

¹⁹Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will build it again in three days.”

²⁰They answered, “It took forty-six years to build this Temple! Do you really believe you can build it again in three days?”

²¹(But the temple Jesus meant was his own body. ²²After Jesus was raised from the dead, his followers remembered that Jesus had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the words Jesus had said.)