John 2:16

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

and unto them who were selling, the doves, he said - Take these things hence! Be not making, the house of my Father, a house of merchandise.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Then he said to those who were selling pigeons, "Take these things out of here! Don't make my Father's house a place for buying and selling!"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and sayde vnto them that solde doves: Have these thinges hence and make not my fathers housse an housse of marchaundyse.

Hebrew Names Version
To those who sold the doves, he said, "Take these things out of here! Don't make my Father's house a marketplace!"

International Standard Version
Then he told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!"Luke 2:49;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
and to those who were selling the doves He said, "Take these things away from here; stop making My Father's house a place of business!"

New Century Version
Then he said to those who were selling pigeons, "Take these things out of here! Don't make my Father's house a place for buying and selling!"

Update Bible Version
and to those that sold the doves he said, Take these things from here; don't make my Father's house a house of merchandise.

Webster's Bible Translation
And said to them that sold doves, Take these things hence: make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.

English Standard Version
And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade."

World English Bible
To those who sold the doves, he said, "Take these things out of here! Don't make my Father's house a marketplace!"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
and otherthrew the tables, And said to them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of traffick.

Weymouth's New Testament
And to the pigeon-dealers He said, "Take these things away. Do not turn my Father's house into a market."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to hem that selden culueris, Take awei fro hennus these thingis, and nyle ye make the hous of my fadir an hous of marchaundise.

English Revised Version
and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.

Berean Standard Bible
To those selling doves He said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father's house into a marketplace!"

Contemporary English Version
Jesus said to the people who had been selling doves, "Get those doves out of here! Don't make my Father's house a marketplace."

Amplified Bible
then to those who sold the doves He said, "Take these things away! Stop making My Father's house a place of commerce!"

American Standard Version
and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.

Bible in Basic English
And to those who were trading in doves he said, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a market.

Complete Jewish Bible
and to the pigeon-sellers he said, "Get these things out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market?"

Darby Translation
and said to the sellers of doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.

Etheridge Translation
And to those who sold doves he said, Take these hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.

Murdock Translation
and he said to them that sold doves, Take away these things; and make not my Father's house a house of traffic.

King James Version (1611)
And said vnto them that sold doues Take these things hence, make not my fathers house an house of merchandize.

New Living Translation
Then, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, "Get these things out of here. Stop turning my Father's house into a marketplace!"

New Life Bible
He said to those who sold doves, "Take these things out of here! You must not make My Father's house a place for buying and selling!"

New Revised Standard
He told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And said vnto them that solde doues, Take these things hence: make not my fathers house, an house of marchandise.

George Lamsa Translation
And to those who sold doves he said, Take these away from here; do not make my Father''s house a house of trading.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And to them that sold doves he said: Take these things hence, and make not the house of my Father a house of traffic.

Revised Standard Version
And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; you shall not make my Father's house a house of trade."

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And saide vnto them that solde doues: Haue these thinges hence, and make not my fathers house an house of marchaundize.

Good News Translation
and he ordered those who sold the pigeons, "Take them out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!"

Christian Standard Bible®
He told those who were selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning my Father’s

King James Version
And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.

Lexham English Bible
And to the ones selling the doves he said, "Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father's house a marketplace!"

Literal Translation
And to the ones selling the doves, He said, Take these things from here! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise.

Young's Literal Translation
and to those selling the doves he said, `Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde vnto them that solde the doues: Haue these thinges hece, and make not my fathers house an house of marchaundyse.

Mace New Testament (1729)
away with these things; make not my father's house a market-house.

New English Translation
To those who sold the doves he said, "Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father's house a marketplace!"

New King James Version
And He said to those who sold doves, "Take these things away! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!"

Simplified Cowboy Version
He stopped in front of the dove salesmen and said, "Get out and take all these doves with you. My Daddy's house isn't a shopping center."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and to those who were selling the doves He said, "Take these things away; stop making My Father's house a place of business."

Legacy Standard Bible
and to those who were selling the doves He said, "Take these things away; stop making My Father's house a place of business."

Contextual Overview

¹² After this, he came down into Capernaum, - he, and his mother and brethren, and his disciples; and, there, they abode, not many days. ¹³ And, near, was the passover of the Jews; and, Jesus, went up unto Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And he found, in the temple, them that were selling oxen and sheep and doves, also the money-changers sitting. ¹⁵ And, making a scourge out of rushes, all of them, thrust he forth out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and, the money-changers' small coins, poured he forth, and, the tables, he overturned; ¹⁶ and unto them who were selling, the doves, he said - Take these things hence! Be not making, the house of my Father, a house of merchandise. ¹⁷ His disciples remembered that it was written - The zeal of thy house, eateth me up. ¹⁸ The Jews therefore answered, and said unto him, What sign, dost thou point out to us, in that, these things, thou doest? ¹⁹ Jesus answered, and said unto them - Take down this shrine, and, in three days, will I raise it. ²⁰ The Jews, therefore, said - In forty and six years, was this shrine built. And, thou, in three days, wilt raise it! ²¹ But, he, was speaking concerning the shrine of his body.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

make: Isaiah 56:5-11, Jeremiah 7:11, Hosea 12:7, Hosea 12:8, Matthew 21:13, Mark 11:17, Acts 19:24-27, 1 Timothy 6:5, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:14, 2 Peter 2:15

my: John 5:17, John 8:49, John 10:29, John 20:17, Luke 2:49

Reciprocal: Genesis 34:23 - General Leviticus 19:30 - reverence Isaiah 23:11 - the merchant city Ezekiel 28:16 - the multitude Zephaniah 1:11 - all the Zechariah 14:21 - no more Revelation 18:11 - buyeth

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
Thus were finished the heavens and the earth and all their host.

Genesis 2:2
Thus God finished, on the seventh day his work which he had made, and rested, on the seventh day, from all his work which he had made.

Genesis 2:9
And Yahweh God, caused to spring up, out of the ground, every tree pleasant to the sight and good for food, - and the tree of life, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

1 Samuel 15:22
Then said Samuel - Doth that which is pleasing unto Yahweh consist in ascending-offerings and sacrifices, So much as in hearkening unto the voice of Yahweh? Lo! to hearken, is, better, than, sacrifice. And, to give heed, than, the fat of rams;

1 Timothy 4:4
Because, every creature of God, is good, and nothing to be cast away, if, with thanksgiving, it be received, -

1 Timothy 6:17
Upon them who are rich in the present age, lay thou charge - not to be high-minded, nor to have set their hope on, riches', uncertainty, - but on God, who offereth us all things richly for enjoying,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And said unto them that sold doves,.... For as these were kept in coups, or cages, they could not be drove, as the sheep and oxen, nor could they be let out, and fly, without the loss of the owners: and therefore Christ said to them,

take these things hence; not only the doves, but the pens, coups, or cages, in which they were, and both together:

make not my Father's house an house of merchandise; so he calls the temple, which was built as an house for God, and where he took up his residence; where were the symbols of his presence; where his worship was kept, and sacrifices offered to him: and he asserts God, whose house this was, to be his Father, and himself to be his son, as none of the prophets that went before him did; and in such sense as neither men nor angels are; and which carries in it a reason why he was so much concerned for the honour of God, and so much resented the profanation of his house, because he was his Father. A like action with this, done by Christ at another time, is recorded in

Matthew 21:12. This was at the beginning of his ministry, that at the close of it, in which he expressed himself with more warmth and severity than here: here he only charges them with making his Father's house an house of merchandise, but there with making it a den of thieves; since they had not only slighted, and despised his first reproof, but had returned to their evil ways, and might grow more wicked and audacious. This instance of Christ now coming into the temple as a public minister, and which was the first time of his entrance into it, after he had taken this character, was a further accomplishment of Malachi 3:1, for he now went into it, as the Lord and proprietor of it; and which this action of his in driving out the merchants, with their cattle, shows; and was a surprising instance of his divine power; and is equal to other miracles of his, that a single person, a stranger, one of no power and authority in the government, unassisted and unarmed, with only a scourge of small cords, should carry such awe and majesty with him, and inject such terror into, and drive such a number of men before him, who were selling things for religious uses, and were supported in it by the priests and sanhedrim of the nation.