Luke 19:46
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Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
In other translations
Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Greek words
λέγωνlegōnsayingG3004αὐτοῖς·autoisto them;G846γέγραπται,gegraptaiIt has been written:G1125καὶkaiAndG2532ἔσταιestaiwill beG1510ὁhotheG3588οἶκόςoikoshouseG3624μουmouof MineG3165οἶκοςoikosa houseG3624προσευχῆς·proseuchēsof prayer’;G4335ὑμεῖςhumeisYou yourselvesG4771δὲdehoweverG1161αὐτὸνautonitG846ἐποιήσατεepoiēsatemadeG4160σπήλαιονspēlaiona denG4693λῃστῶν.lēstōnof robbers.’G3027
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Related verses
- Isaiah 56:7Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
- Jeremiah 7:11Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord.Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
- Psalm 93:5Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.
- Matthew 23:13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
- Ezekiel 43:12This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.
- Hosea 12:7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
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