Luke 19:46
Good News Translation
saying to them, "It is written in the Scriptures that God said, 'My Temple will be a house of prayer.' But you have turned it into a hideout for thieves!"

New Revised Standard Version
and he said, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a den of robbers.”

Contemporary English Version
He told them, "The Scriptures say, 'My house should be a place of worship.' But you have made it a place where robbers hide!"

New American Bible
saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.’ ”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.

Psalm 93:5 Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible: holiness becometh thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.

Isaiah 56:7 I will bring them into my holy mount, and will make them joyful in my house of prayer: their holocausts, and their victims shall please me upon my altar: for my house shall be called the house of prayer, for all nations.

Jeremiah 7:11 Is this house then, in which my name hath been called upon, in your eyes become a den of robbers? I, I am he: I have seen it, saith the Lord.

Ezekiel 43:12 This is the law of the house upon the top of the mountain: All its border round about; most holy: this then is the law of the house.

Hosea 12:7 He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.

Matthew 23:14 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. For this you shall receive the greater judgment.

Context
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
45And entering into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold therein and them that bought. 46Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves. 47And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him.…
Cross References
Isaiah 56:7
I will bring them into my holy mount, and will make them joyful in my house of prayer: their holocausts, and their victims shall please me upon my altar: for my house shall be called the house of prayer, for all nations.

Jeremiah 7:11
Is this house then, in which my name hath been called upon, in your eyes become a den of robbers? I, I am he: I have seen it, saith the Lord.

Matthew 21:13
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.

Mark 11:17
And he taught, saying to them: Is it not written: My house shall be called the house of prayer to all nations, but you have made it a den of thieves.

Luke 19:45
Top of Page
Top of Page