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Matthew - Revised Standard Version |
The Gospel |
| And Jesus entered the temple of God and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. | The Cleansing of the Temple. Mt.21.12-17 Mk.11.15-19
Lk.19.45-48
Jn.2.13-22
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| He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer'; but you make it a den of robbers." | - My house shall be called a house of prayerIs.56.7
Is.60.7
Jr.7.11
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| And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. |
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| But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant; |
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| and they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings
thou hast brought perfect praise'?" | - Out of the mouth of babes and sucklingsPs.8.2
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| And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there. |
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