Luke 19:46
“Saying vnto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye haue made it a denne of theeues.”
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Luke 19:46 Context
44And shall lay thee euen with the ground, and thy children within thee: and they shall not leaue in thee one stone vpon another, because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. 45And he went into the Temple, and began to cast out them that solde therein, and them that bought, 46Saying vnto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye haue made it a denne of theeues. 47And he taught daily in the Temple. But the chiefe Priestes and the Scribes, and the chiefe of the people sought to destroy him, 48And could not finde what they might doe: for all the people were very attentiue to heare him.
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Other Translations for 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.
- King James Version
saying to them, "It is written, 'AND MY HOUSE SHALL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER,' but you have made it a ROBBERS' DEN."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves.
- Basic English Bible
saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers.
- Darby Bible
Saying to them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- Webster's Bible
It is written, He said, "`And My house shall be the House of Prayer,' but you have made it a robbers' cave."
- Weymouth Bible
saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!"
- World English Bible
and seide to hem, It is writun, That myn hous is an hous of preyer, but ye han maad it a den of theues.
- Wycliffe Bible
saying to them, `It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer -- but ye made it a den of robbers.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Luke 19:46
19:46 #Isa 56:7|.