John 2:12-22

New King James Version

¹² After this He went down to ^(A)Capernaum, He, His mother, ^(B)His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple^(C)

^13 (D)Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ^14 (E)And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers ^[a]doing business. ¹⁵ When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. ¹⁶ And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make ^(F)My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” ¹⁷ Then His disciples remembered that it was written, ^(G)“Zeal for Your house ^[b]has eaten Me up.”

¹⁸ So the Jews answered and said to Him, ^(H)“What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?”

¹⁹ Jesus answered and said to them, ^(I)“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

²⁰ Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”

²¹ But He was speaking ^(J)of the temple of His body. ²² Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, ^(K)His disciples remembered that He had said this ^[c]to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.