Matthew 21:13

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

12Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. 13And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’ ”

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Berean Standard Bible
And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’ ”
American Standard Version (1901)
and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And he saith to them: It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.
Free Bible Version
He told them, “Scripture says, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you've turned it into a den of thieves.”
Geneva Bible 1599
And said to them, it is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer: but ye haue made it a denne of theeues.
King James (Authorized) Version
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
One Unity Resource Bible
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of robbers!”
Translation for Translators
Then he said to them, “It is {◄Jeremiah/A prophet► has} written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘I want my house to be called a place where people pray’, but you bandits have made it [MET] your hideout!”
Unlocked Literal Bible
He said to them, “It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers.”
Noah Webster Bible
And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.
World English Bible
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”
Young's Literal Translation
and he saith to them, 'It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.'