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 in other translations
| BSB | To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!” |
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| WEB | To those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!” |
| ASV | and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise. |
| YLT | and to those selling the doves he said, ‘Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.' |
| DARBY | and said to the sellers of doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. |
| BBE | And to those who were trading in doves he said, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a market. |
| Webster | And said to them that sold doves, Take these things hence: make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. |
What does John 2:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 2:14-17
Joh 2:13-25. Christ's First Passover--First Cleansing of the Temple. 14-17. in the temple--not the temple itself, as Joh 2:19-21, but the temple-court. sold oxen, &c.--for the convenience of those who had to offer them in sacrifice. changers of money--of Roman into Jewish money, in which the temple dues (see on Mt 17:24) had to be paid.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 2:12-22
The first public work in which we find Christ engaged, was driving from the temple the traders whom the covetous priests and rulers encouraged to make a market-place of its courts. Those now make God's house a house of merchandise, whose minds are filled with cares about worldly business when attending religious exercises, or who perform Divine offices for love of gain. Christ, having thus cleansed the temple, gave…
John 2:16 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 2:16
- Matthew 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.
- Jeremiah 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.
- Isaiah 56:5-11
Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; 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. The Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him. …
- Luke 2:49
And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
- 2 Peter 2:14-15
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
- Hosea 12:7-8
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
- 2 Peter 2:3
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
- John 5:17
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
- John 20:17
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
- 1 Timothy 6:5
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
- Acts 19:24-27
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
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Context
- John 2:15
And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;
- 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 2:17
And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
John 2:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y á los que vendían las palomas, dijo: Quitad de aquí esto, y no hagáis la casa de mi Padre casa de mercado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il dit à ceux qui vendaient les colombes: Ôtez ces choses d’ici; ne faites pas de la maison de mon Père une maison de trafic. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und zu den Taubenverkäufern sprach er: Nehmet dies weg von hier, machet nicht das Haus meines Vaters zu einem Kaufhause. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et his qui columbas vendebant, dixit: Auferte ista hinc, et nolite facere domum patris mei, domum negotiationis. |