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.
KJV
καὶ ἐδίδασκεν καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· οὐ γέγραπται ὅτι ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν; ὑμεῖς δὲ πεποιήκατε αὐτὸν σπήλαιον λῃστῶν.
Greek NT
et docebat, dicens eis : Nonne scriptum est : Quia domus mea, domus orationis vocabitur omnibus gentibus ? vos autem fecistis eam speluncam latronum.
Vulgate
And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.
ASV
And he taught, saying to them: Is it not written: My house shall be called the house of prayer to all nations, but you have made it a den of thieves.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 2 earlier texts.
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Isa 56:7 · adapted"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 called a house of prayer — Mark's temple cleansing
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Jer 7:11 · adapted"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."Jeremiah: den of robbers — Mark's temple cleansing
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- καὶ ἔλεγεν — SBLGNT
- καὶ ἔλεγεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- λέγων — Robinson-Pierpont
- αὐτοῖς — SBLGNT
- αὐτοῖς — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- πεποιήκατε — SBLGNT
- πεποιήκατε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐποιήσατε — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:41 — Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
- Hos 12:7 — He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
- 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
- Isa 60:7 — All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
- 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.
- 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.
- John 2:14 — And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
- John 2:16 — And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
- John 2:16 — And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
- John 10:10 — The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
- 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.
- 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.