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The Book of John, Chapter 2, Verse 17

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And said unto them that sold doves, ‹Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.›
King James Version
And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
American Standard Version
His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shall eat me up.
New English Translation
came to Jesus at night and said to him,“Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him.”
World English Bible
His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will eat 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:
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The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.