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Mark 11:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He taught, saying to them, “Isn’t it written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers!” "

Mark 11:17

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15 They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.

16 He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple.

17 He taught, saying to them, “Isn’t it written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers!”

18 The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

19 When evening came, he went out of the city.

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Matthew 21:13

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"He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”"

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Luke 19:46

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"saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”"

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Acts 21:28

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"crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place!”"

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Acts 5:28

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"saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”"

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Mark 12:38

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"In his teaching he said to them, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,"

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Matthew 21:23

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"When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”"

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Mark 11:1

"When they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples"

Mark 11:2

"and said to them, “Go your way into the village that is opposite you. Immediately as you enter into it, you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has sat. Untie him and bring him."

Mark 11:3

"If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs him;’ and immediately he will send him back here.”"

Mark 11:4

"They went away, and found a young donkey tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied him."

Mark 11:5

"Some of those who stood there asked them, “What are you doing, untying the young donkey?”"

Mark 11:6

"They said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go."

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