Jesus Cleanses the Temple

(Matthew 21:12–17, Mark 11:15–19, Luke 19:45–48)

12 After this, He went down to Capernaum [with] His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

13 When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple [courts][fn] He found [men] selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated [at their tables]. 15 [So] He made a whip out of cords [and] drove all from the temple [courts], both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned [their] tables. 16 To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house {into} a marketplace

17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”[fn]

18 On account of this, the Jews demanded “What sign can You show us to prove Your [ authority ] to do these things?”

19 Jesus answered “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again

20 “This temple {took} forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”

21 But [Jesus] was speaking about the temple [of] His body. 22 After He was raised from [the] dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

23 While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw [the] signs He was doing [and] believed in His name. 24 But Jesus {did} not entrust Himself to them, for He knew [them] all. 25 He {did} not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in [a] man.