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Mark 11:15

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Cleansing the Temple

11:15Then22 they came to Jerusalem.23 Jesus24 entered the temple area25 and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts.26 He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,

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Footnotes

  1. 22 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
  2. 23 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
  3. 24 Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. 25 Grk “the temple.” The merchants (those who were selling) would have been located in the Court of the Gentiles.
  5. 26 Grk “the temple.” Matthew (21:12–27), Mark (here, 11:15–19), and Luke (19:45–46) record this incident of the temple cleansing at the end of Jesus’ ministry. John (2:13–16) records a cleansing of the temple at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. See the note on the word temple courts in for a discussion of the relationship of these accounts to one another.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They came to Jerusalem, and he went into the temple and began to throw out those buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,

NLTNew Living Translation

When they arrived back in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the people buying and selling animals for sacrifices. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;