John 2:13-17

Cleansing the Temple Complex

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13} The Jewish Passover^(A) was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.^(B) ^{Tools
14} In the temple complex^(C) He found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and He also found the money changers sitting there. ^{Tools
15} After making a whip out of cords,^(D) He drove everyone out of the temple complex with their sheep^(E) and oxen. He also poured out the money changers’ coins and overturned the tables. ^{Tools
16} He told those who were selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning My Father’s^(F) house^(G) into a marketplace!”^(a)^(H)

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17} And His disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal^(I) for Your house will consume^(J) Me.^(K)^(b)

Footnotes:

a. John 2:16: Lit a house of business

b. John 2:17: Ps 69:9

Cross references:

A. John 2:13: Exodus 12:11

B. John 2:13: Matthew 23:37

C. John 2:14: Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45-46

D. John 2:15: Acts 27:32

E. John 2:15: Matthew 7:15

F. John 2:16: Matthew 5:16; Matthew 11:27; John 8:42

G. John 2:16: Luke 11:51; John 2:17

H. John 2:16: Jeremiah 7:11; Malachi 3:1-3

I. John 2:17: Numbers 25:13

J. John 2:17: Galatians 5:15

K. John 2:17: Psalm 69:9