The Cleansing of the Temple
John 2:13-17, NIV
13 When
it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts he found people selling
cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all
from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the
money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To
those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here!
Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” 17 His
disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
