131 A quotation from Isa 56:7.
132 Or “a hideout” (see L&N 1.57).
133 A quotation from Jer 7:11. The meaning of Jesus’ statement about making the temple courts a den of robbers probably operates here at two levels. Not only were the religious leaders robbing the people financially, but because of this they had also robbed them spiritually by stealing from them the opportunity to come to know God genuinely. It is possible that these merchants had recently been moved to this location for convenience.

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saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”

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

and he said, “It is written, my house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves!”

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.”

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

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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