16 and would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple. 17 He was teaching them: “Is it not written,(A) My house(B) will be called a house of prayer(C) for all nations?[a] But you have made it a den of thieves!”[b](D)

18 The chief priests and the scribes(E) heard it and started looking for a way to kill him. For they were afraid(F) of him, because the whole crowd was astonished by his teaching.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:17 Is 56:7
  2. 11:17 Jr 7:11

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