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.In other versions
saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.
ASV
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.
BBE
saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers.
DBY
saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!"
WEB
saying to them, `It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer -- but ye made it a den of robbers.'
YLT
Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but all of you have made it a den of thieves.
ENG
Saying to them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.
WBT
He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
BSB
In context
44And shall lay thee even with 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.
45And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
46Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
47And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
48And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.