American Standard Version
"saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers. "
— Luke 19:46, American Standard Version
“Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.”
“saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!"”
“saying to them,“It is written,‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!””
“Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.”
“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.”
“Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.”
For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold,
saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.
And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him:
and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening.