John 2:13-25

New American Standard Bible 1995

First Passover—Cleansing the Temple

^13 (A)The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus ^(B)went up to Jerusalem. ^14 (C)And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. ¹⁵ And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; ¹⁶ and to those who were selling ^(D)the doves He said, “Take these things away; stop making ^(E)My Father’s house a ^[a]place of business.” ¹⁷ His ^(F)disciples remembered that it was written, “^(G)Zeal for Your house will consume me.” ^18 (H)The Jews then said to Him, “^(I)What sign do You show us ^[b]as your authority for doing these things?” ¹⁹ Jesus answered them, “^(J)Destroy this ^[c]temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” ^20 (K)The Jews then said, “It took ^(L)forty-six years to build this ^[d]temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” ²¹ But He was speaking of ^(M)the ^[e]temple of His body. ²² So when He was raised from the dead, His ^(N)disciples ^(O)remembered that He said this; and they believed ^(P)the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

²³ Now when He was in Jerusalem at ^(Q)the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, ^(R)observing His signs which He was doing. ²⁴ But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for ^(S)He knew all men, ²⁵ and because He did not need anyone to testify concerning man, ^(T)for He Himself knew what was in man.