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BSB And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’[fn] But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’[fn]”
BLB And He says to them, "It has been written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer.' But you have made it 'a den of robbers.'"
AICNT And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’[fn] but {you make it}[fn] a den of robbers.”[fn]
OEB and said to them, ‘Scripture says “My house will be called a house of prayer”; but you are making it a den of robbers.’
WEB He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”
WMB (Same as above)
NET And he said to them, “It is written, ‘ My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers!”
LSV and He says to them, “It has been written: My house will be called a house of prayer; but you made it a den of robbers.”
FBV He told them, “Scripture says, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’[fn] but you've turned it into a den of thieves.”
TCNT And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you [fn]have made it a den of robbers.”
T4T Then he said to them, “It is {◄Jeremiah/A prophet► has} written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘I want my house to be called a place where people pray’, but you bandits have made it [MET] your hideout!”
LEB And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’[fn] but you have made it a cave of robbers!”
BBE And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.
MOF No MOF MAT book available
ASV and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.
DRA And he saith to them: It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.
YLT and he saith to them, 'It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.'
DBY And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.
RV and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.
WBS And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.
KJB-1769 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.
(And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye/you_all have made it a den of thieves. )
KJB-1611 [fn][fn]And said vnto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but yee haue made it a denne of theeues.
(And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye/you_all have made it a den of thieves.)
BB And sayde vnto them, it is written: My house shalbe called the house of prayer, but ye haue made it a denne of thieues.
(And said unto them, it is written: My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye/you_all have made it a den of thieves.)
GNV And said to them, it is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer: but ye haue made it a denne of theeues.
(And said to them, it is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer: but ye/you_all have made it a den of thieves. )
CB and sayde vnto them: It is wrytte: My house shalbe called ye house of prayer, but ye haue made it a denne of murthurers.
(and said unto them: It is written: My house shall be called ye/you_all house of prayer, but ye/you_all have made it a den of murderers.)
TNT and sayde to them: It is wrytten my housse shalbe called the housse of prayer. But ye have made it a denne of theves.
(and said to them: It is written my house shall be called the house of prayer. But ye/you_all have made it a den of thieves. )
WYC And he seith to hem, It is writun, Myn hous schal be clepid an hous of preier; but ye han maad it a denne of theues.
(And he saith/says to them, It is written, Myn house shall be called an house of prayer; but ye/you_all have made it a den of thieves.)
LUT Und sprach zu ihnen: Es stehet geschrieben: Mein Haus soll ein Bethaus heißen. Ihr aber habt eine Mördergrube daraus gemacht.
(And spoke to ihnen: It stands written: My Haus should a Bethaus heißen. Ihr but have one Mördergrube daraus made.)
CLV et dicit eis: Scriptum est: Domus mea domus orationis vocabitur: vos autem fecistis illam speluncam latronum.[fn]
(et dicit eis: Scriptum it_is: Domus mea home orationis vocabitur: vos however fecistis illam speluncam latronum. )
UGNT καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, γέγραπται, ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται; ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτὸν ποιεῖτε σπήλαιον λῃστῶν.
(kai legei autois, gegraptai, ho oikos mou oikos proseuⱪaʸs klaʸthaʸsetai; humeis de auton poieite spaʸlaion laʸstōn.)
SBL-GNT καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Γέγραπται· Ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται, ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτὸν ⸀ποιεῖτε σπήλαιον λῃστῶν.
(kai legei autois; Gegraptai; Ho oikos mou oikos proseuⱪaʸs klaʸthaʸsetai, humeis de auton ⸀poieite spaʸlaion laʸstōn. )
TC-GNT Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Γέγραπται, Ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται· ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτὸν [fn]ἐποιήσατε σπήλαιον λῃστῶν.
(Kai legei autois, Gegraptai, Ho oikos mou oikos proseuⱪaʸs klaʸthaʸsetai; humeis de auton epoiaʸsate spaʸlaion laʸstōn. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: translate-tense
λέγει
˱he˲_/is/_saying
To call attention to a development in the story, Matthew uses the present tense in past narration. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the past tense in your translation. Alternate translation: “he said”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
αὐτοῖς
˱to˲_them
The pronoun them refers to the people who were buying, selling, and exchanging things in the temple area. If this is not clear for your readers, you could refer to these people more directly. Alternate translation: “to the people who were buying and selling”
Note 3 topic: writing-quotations
γέγραπται
˱it˲_/has_been/_written
In Jesus’ culture, It is written was a normal way to introduce quotations from important texts, in this case, the books of Isaiah and Jeremiah (see Isaiah 56:7 and Jeremiah 7:11). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase that indicates that Jesus is quoting from important texts. Alternate translation: “You can read in the Scriptures” or “It says in the books of Isaiah and Jeremiah”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
γέγραπται
˱it˲_/has_been/_written
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, it is clear from the context that it was God speaking through prophets. Alternate translation: “The prophets said” or “God had the prophets write”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ὁ οἶκός μου & κληθήσεται
the house ˱of˲_me & /will_be_being/_called
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, you could use an indefinite subject. Alternate translation: “They will call my house”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ὁ οἶκός μου
the house ˱of˲_me
God, speaking through the prophet Isaiah, refers to his temple as My house because his presence is there. If it would be helpful for your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “My temple”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
οἶκος προσευχῆς
/a/_house ˱of˲_prayer
Here God, speaking through the prophet Isaiah, is using the possessive form to describe a house that is a place where people perform prayer. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “a house where prayer is offered” or “a place where there is prayer”
Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
σπήλαιον λῃστῶν
/a/_hideout ˱of˲_robbers
Here God, speaking through the prophet Jeremiah, refers to the temple as a den where robbers hide and plot their crimes. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or express the idea in simile form. Alternate translation: “a place where robbers live” or “like a cave where robbers hide”
