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Jesus Cleanses The Temple of Merchandisers. The Priests Seek To Destroy Him

15 And they come into Jerusalem. And having entered into the temple, He began to throw-out the ones selling and the ones buying in the temple. And He overturned the tables of the money-changers[a], and the seats of the ones selling doves[b]. 16 And He was not permitting that anyone carry an object[c] through the temple. 17 And He was teaching and saying to them, “Has it not been written [in Isa 56:7] that ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers[d]”.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 11:15 They changed foreign currency into Jewish currency for use in the temple.
  2. Mark 11:15 That is, doves used in the sacrifices commanded by God.
  3. Mark 11:16 Or, vessel, dish, merchandise.
  4. Mark 11:17 Or, bandits, plunderers.

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