Matthew 21:12
Good News Translation
Jesus went into the Temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the stools of those who sold pigeons,

New Revised Standard Version
Then Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus went into the temple and chased out everyone who was selling or buying. He turned over the tables of the moneychangers and the benches of the ones who were selling doves.

New American Bible
Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those engaged in selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables of the money changers and the chairs of them that sold doves.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables of the money changers and the chairs of them that sold doves.

went.

Malachi 3:1,2 Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold, he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts. . . .

Mark 11:11 And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple: and having viewed all things round about, when now the eventide was come, he went out to Bethania with the twelve.

and cast.

Mark 11:15 And they came to Jerusalem. And when he was entered into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple: and over threw the tables of the moneychangers and the chairs of them that sold doves.

Luke 19:45,46 And entering into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold therein and them that bought. . . .

John 2:14-17 And he found in the temple them that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting. . . .

money-changers.

Deuteronomy 14:24-26 But when the way and the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, are far off, and he hath blessed thee, and thou canst not carry all these things thither, . . .

doves.

Leviticus 1:14 But if the oblation of a holocaust to the Lord be of birds, of turtles, or of young pigeons:

Leviticus 5:7,11 But if he be not able to offer a beast, let him offer two turtles, or two young pigeons to the Lord, one for sin, and the other for a holocaust, . . .

Leviticus 12:6,8 And when the days of her purification are expired, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, a lamb of a year old for a holocaust, and a young pigeon or a turtle for sin: and shall deliver them to the priest. . . .

Leviticus 14:22,30 And two turtles or two young pigeons, of which one may be for sin, and the other for a holocaust. . . .

Leviticus 15:14,29 And on the eighth day he shall take two turtles, or two young pigeons, and he shall come before the Lord, to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and shall give them to the priest. . . .

Luke 2:24 And to offer a sacrifice, according as it is written in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons:

Context
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
11And the people said: This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee. 12And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables of the money changers and the chairs of them that sold doves. 13And 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.…
Cross References
Exodus 30:13
And this shall every one give that passeth at the naming, half a sicle according to the standard of the temple. A sicle hath twenty obols. Half a sicle shall be offered to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:14
But if the oblation of a holocaust to the Lord be of birds, of turtles, or of young pigeons:

Leviticus 5:7
But if he be not able to offer a beast, let him offer two turtles, or two young pigeons to the Lord, one for sin, and the other for a holocaust,

Leviticus 12:8
And if her hand find not sufficiency, and she is not able to offer a lamb, she shall take two turtles, or two young pigeons, one for a holocaust, and another for sin: and the priest shall pray for her, and so she shall be cleansed.

Mark 11:11
And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple: and having viewed all things round about, when now the eventide was come, he went out to Bethania with the twelve.

Mark 11:15
And they came to Jerusalem. And when he was entered into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple: and over threw the tables of the moneychangers and the chairs of them that sold doves.

Luke 19:45
And entering into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold therein and them that bought.

John 2:13
And the pasch of the Jews was at hand: and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 2:14
And he found in the temple them that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting.

John 2:15
And when he had made, as it were, a scourge of little cords, he drove them all out of the temple, the sheep also and the oxen: and the money of the changers he poured out, and the tables he overthrew.

John 2:16
And to them that sold doves he said: Take these things hence, and make not the house of my Father a house of traffic.

Matthew 21:11
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