They came to Jerusalem, and He went into the temple complex and began to throw out those buying and selling in the temple. He overturned the money changers’ tables and the chairs of those selling doves,and would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple complex.Then He began to teach them:“ Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves!”
While Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, an extremely large assembly of Israelite men, women, and children gathered around him. The people also wept bitterly.
When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and robe, pulled out some of the hair from my head and beard, and sat down devastated.Everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me, because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat devastated until the evening offering.
The Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.In the temple complex He found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and He also found the money changers sitting there.After making a whip out of cords, He drove everyone out of the temple complex with their sheep and oxen. He also poured out the money changers’ coins and overturned the tables.He told those who were selling doves,“ Get these things out of here! Stop turning My Father’s house into a marketplace!”And His disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal for Your house will consume Me.
