Matthew 21:13 meaning and explanation
And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Matthew 21:13, Berean Standard Bible
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Jesus has just entered Jerusalem and gone into the temple courts, where merchants and money changers had set up business in the outer court. Quoting Isaiah 56:7, He names God's intention for the temple as a house of prayer for all peoples, then borrows Jeremiah 7:11 to call the trade a den of robbers, a hideout that gave false security while worship was neglected.
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