15 [a]And they came 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.

16 Neither would he suffer that any man should carry a [b]vessel through the Temple.

17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, (A)Mine house shall be [c]called the house of prayer unto all nations? (B)but you have made it a den of thieves.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 11:15 Christ showeth indeed, that he is the true King and high Priest, and therefore the revenger of the divine service of the Temple.
  2. Mark 11:16 That is, any profane instrument, of which those fellows had a number, that made the court of the Temple a marketplace.
  3. Mark 11:17 Shall openly be so accounted and taken.

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