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The Book of John, Chapter 2, Verse 16

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And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
King James Version
And said unto them that sold doves, ‹Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.›
American Standard Version
and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
New English Translation
Conversation with Nicodemus Now a certain man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council,
World English Bible
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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And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
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Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
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Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.›
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Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
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But he spake of the temple of his body.
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When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
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Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast [day], many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
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But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all [men],
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And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
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There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: