Jesus Cleanses the Temple
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And they come to Jerusalem: and he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and them that bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold the doves;
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and he would not suffer that any man should carry a vessel through the temple.
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And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.
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And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, for all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
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And every evening he went forth out of the city.
Bible text: American Standard Version (1901) · Public domain