14–16. Prior to the Passover Jesus came to the temple and In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. The provision of cattle, sheep and doves, and the exchange of money, were all necessary for temple worship. Pilgrims who had travelled up from Galilee (a journey of about 90 miles [145 km]), for example, could not bring animals for sacrifice with them. Pilgrims travelling from other countries would need to change their money