To those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 2:16 in context
John 2:13–19
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The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting.
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He made a whip of cords and drove all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers’ money and overthrew their tables.
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To those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!”
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His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will eat me up.”
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The Jews therefore answered him, “What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?”
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Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
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