2 ¹³ As it was near the time of the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 ¹⁴ There he found in the temple the dealers in cattle, sheep, and pigeons, and the money-changers seated at their tables. 2 ¹⁵ Jesus made a whip of cords and drove them out of the temple, sheep, cattle, and all. He upset the tables of the money-changers, scattering their coins. 2 ¹⁶ Then he turned on the dealers in pigeons: 'Take them out,' he said; 'you must not turn my Father's house into a market.' 2 ^{17 [ Ps.69.9. ]} His disciples recalled the words of Scripture, 'Zeal for thy house will destroy me.' 2 ¹⁸ The Jews challenged Jesus: 'What sign', they asked, 'can you show as authority for your action?' 2 ¹⁹ 'Destroy this temple,' Jesus replied, 'and in three days I will raise it again.' 2 ²⁰ They said, 'It has taken forty-six years to build this temple. Are you going to raise it again in three days?' 2 ²¹ But the temple he was speaking of was his body. 2 ²² After his resurrection his disciples recalled what he had said, and they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.