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Luke 19:46

Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

KJV

λέγων αὐτοῖς· γέγραπται· καὶ ἔσται ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς· ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτὸν ἐποιήσατε σπήλαιον λῃστῶν.

Greek NT

dicens illis : Scriptum est : Quia domus mea domus orationis est : vos autem fecistis illam speluncam latronum.

Vulgate

saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.

ASV

Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λῃστής
lestes
noun · 15×
οἶκος
oikos
noun · 115×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
προσευχή
proseuche
noun · 36×
σπήλαιον
spelaion
noun · 6×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Isa 56:7 · paraphrase
    "Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people."
    Isaiah: my house shall be a house of prayer — Luke's temple cleansing

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: Καὶ ἔσται | WH/Treg/NIV: Καὶ ἔσται
  • Καὶ ἔσταιSBLGNT
  • Καὶ ἔσταιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: προσευχῆς | WH/Treg/NIV: προσευχῆς | RP: + ἐστίν
  • προσευχῆςSBLGNT
  • προσευχῆςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἐστίνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 43:12 — This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
  • Isa 1:23 — Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
  • Isa 56:7 — Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an
  • Isa 56:7 — Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an
  • Jer 7:11 — Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
  • Mark 11:17 — And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
  • Matt 21:13 — And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
  • Matt 23:13 — But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
  • Ps 93:5 — Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.