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Matthew 21:12

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Cleansing the Temple

21:12Then19 Jesus entered the temple area20 and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts,21 and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.

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Footnotes

  1. 19 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
  2. 20 Grk “the temple.” The merchants (those who were selling) would have been located in the Court of the Gentiles.
  3. 21 Grk “the temple.” Matthew (here, 21:12–27), Mark (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 Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and 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)

Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Jesus went into the temple and threw out all those buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.

NLTNew Living Translation

Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out all the people buying and selling animals for sacrifice. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who were selling doves.

KJV 1900King James Version

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,