And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
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Interpretation
Christ found some of the courts of the temple turned into a market for cattle and things used in the sacrifices, and partly occupied by the money-changers. Our Lord drove them from the place, as he had done at his entering upon his ministry, Joh 2:13-17.
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This thought runs through Matthew 21:12-16.