Matthew 21:13

Matthew 21:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
• New International Version (NIV)“It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
• English Standard Version (ESV)He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”

Context of Matthew 21:13

11And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.” 12And Jesus entered the temple [grounds] and drove out [with force] all who were buying and selling [birds and animals for sacrifice] in the temple area, and He turned over the tables of the moneychangers [who made a profit exchanging foreign money for temple coinage] and the chairs of those who were selling doves [for sacrifice]. Jesus said to them, “It is written [in Scripture], ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbers’ den.” 14And the blind and the lame came to Him in [the porticoes and courts of] the temple area, and He healed them. 15But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful and miraculous things that Jesus had done, and heard the boys who were shouting in [the porticoes and courts of] the temple [in praise and adoration], “Hosanna to the Son of David (the Messiah),” they became indignant

Matthew 21:13 word by word

καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· γέγραπται· ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται, ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτὸν ποιεῖτε σπήλαιον λῃστῶν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• It is writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• Myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• houseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• houseοἶκοςoikos · house: homeG3624
• shall be calledκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• of prayerπροσευχήproseuchē · prayerG4335
• butδέde · thenG1161
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• have madeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• a denσπήλαιονspēlaion · caveG4693
• of thievesλῃστήςlēstēs · robber/rebelG3027

Cross-references for Matthew 21:13

• Matthew 2:5They replied to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is what has been written by the prophet [Micah]:
• John 15:25But [this is so] that the word which has been written in their Law would be fulfilled, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’
• Psalms 93:5Your precepts are fully confirmed and completely reliable; Holiness adorns Your house, O Lord, forever.
• Isaiah 56:7All these I will bring to My holy mountain And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”
• Jeremiah 7:11Has this house, which is called by My Name, become a den of robbers in your eyes [a place of retreat for you between acts of violence]? Behold, I Myself have seen it,” says the Lord.
• Mark 11:17He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a robbers’ den.”
• Luke 19:46saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a robbers’ den.”

Commentaries on Matthew 21:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13My house shall be called the house of prayer - This is taken from Isaiah 56:7. But ye have made it a den of thieves - This is taken from Jeremiah 7:11. Our Lord alludes here to those dens and caves in Judea, in which the public robbers either hid or kept themselves fortified. They who are placed in the Church of Christ to serve souls, and do it not, and they who enjoy the revenues of the Church, and neglect the service of it, are thieves and robbers in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 This paragraph contains the account of the barren fig-tree, and of the cleansing of the temple. See also Mark 11:12-19; Luke 19:45-48. Matthew 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God … - From Mark 11:11-15, it is probable that this cleansing of the temple did not take place on the day that he entered Jerusalem in triumph, but on the day following. He came and looked round upon all things, Mark says, and went out to Bethany with the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 Christ found some of the courts of the temple turned into a market for cattle and things used in the sacrifices, and partly occupied by the money-changers. Our Lord drove them from the place, as he had done at his entering upon his ministry, Joh 2:13-17. His works testified of him more than the hosannas; and his healing in the temple was the fulfilling the promise, that the glory of the latter house should be greater than the glory of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13What Jesus did was right because people were using money in a way that desecrated God's glory.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 21:13

• Church
• Covetousness
• House of God
• Jesus, the Christ
• Quotations and Allusions
• Sacrilege
• Temple
• Theft and Thieves

In the dictionaries

• Authority
• Daughter
• Den
• Grind
• Loose
• Move
• Presently
• Reverence
• Seat
• Temple

Commentaries on Matthew 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings