MAT 21:13 Parallel Verse View

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ULT And he says to them, “It has been written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a ‘den of robbers.’ ”

UST Then Jesus told those people, “The prophets wrote in the Scriptures, ‘People should say that my temple is a place where people pray.’ However, you have turned it into ‘a hideout for thieves’!”

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]

21:13, Isaiah 56:7

21:13, you make it: Later manuscripts read “you have made it.”

21:13, robbers: The Greek word is defined by BDAG as: (1) robber, highwayman, bandits or (2) revolutionary, insurrectionist, guerrilla (BDAG, ληστής).

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.’

WEBBE 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!”

WMBB (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.”

21:13 Quoting Isaiah 56:7.

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.”

21:13 have made ¦ are making CT

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!”

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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.

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Wymth "It is written," He said, "`My House shall be called the House of Prayer', but you are making it a robbers' cave."

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.'

Drby 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.

Wbstr 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.)

21:13 Esai. 56.7.

21:13 Iere 7.11. mar. 11.17. luke. 19.46.

Bshps 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.)

Gnva 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. )

Cvdl 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.)

Luth Und sprach zu ihnen: Es stehet geschrieben: Mein Haus soll ein Bethaus heißen. Ihr aber habt eine Mördergrube daraus gemacht.
(And spoke to to_them: It stands written: My house should a Bethaus heißen. You but have one Mördergrube daraus made.)

ClVg et dicit eis: Scriptum est: Domus mea domus orationis vocabitur: vos autem fecistis illam speluncam latronum.[fn]
(and dicit eis: Scriptum it_is: Domus mea home orationis vocabitur: you however fecistis illam speluncam latronum. )

21.13 Latronum. Latro est qui lucra sectatur, qui et non dantes corporaliter persequitur, et dantes necat spiritualiter, et dum læsionem proximi cogitat, quasi latro sedet in spelunca.

21.13 Latronum. Latro it_is who lucra sectatur, who and not/no dantes corporaliter persequitur, and dantes necat spiritualiter, and dum læsionem proximi cogitat, as_if latro sedet in spelunca.

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. )

21:13 εποιησατε ¦ ποιειτε CT

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”

Parallel MAT 21:13

Bethany and Bethphage