Other translations
American Standard Version
saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he said to them, “It is written: 'My house is the house of prayer', but you have made it a den of robbers.'”
Darby Bible Translation
saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”
God's Word
He said to them, "Scripture says, 'My house will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a gathering place for thieves."
Holman Christian Standard Bible
and He said, "It is written, My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves!"
International Standard Version
He told them, "It is written, 'My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a hideout for bandits!"
NET Bible
saying to them, "It is written, 'My house will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of robbers!"
New American Standard Bible
saying to them, "It is written, 'AND MY HOUSE SHALL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER,' but you have made it a ROBBERS' DEN."
New International Version
"It is written," he said to them, "'My house will be a house of prayer'; but you have made it 'a den of robbers.'"
New Living Translation
He said to them, "The Scriptures declare, 'My Temple will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of thieves."
Webster's Bible Translation
Saying to them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Weymouth New Testament
"It is written," He said, "'And My house shall be the House of Prayer,' but you have made it a robbers' cave."
The World English Bible
saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!"
EasyEnglish Bible
He said to them, ‘The Bible says, “God's house will be a place where people come to pray.” But you have changed it into a place where robbers meet.’
Young‘s Literal Translation
saying to them, `It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer -- but ye made it a den of robbers.'
New Life Version
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer.’ ‘But you have made it a place of robbers.’”
Revised Geneva Translation
saying to them, “It is written! ‘My house is the house of prayer!’ But you have made it a den of thieves!”
The Voice Bible
Jesus: The Hebrew Scriptures say, “My house shall be a house of prayer,” but you have turned it into a shelter for thieves.
Living Bible
saying to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple is a place of prayer; but you have turned it into a den of thieves.’”
New Catholic Bible
saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of thieves.”
Legacy Standard Bible
saying to them, “It is written, ‘And My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a robbers’ den.”
Jubilee Bible 2000
saying unto them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Christian Standard Bible
and he said, “It is written, my house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves!”
Amplified Bible © 1954
Telling them, It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer; but you have made it a cave of robbers.
New Century Version
He said, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My Temple will be a house for prayer.’ But you have changed it into a ‘hideout for robbers’!”
The Message
Going into the Temple he began to throw out everyone who had set up shop, selling everything and anything. He said, “It’s written in Scripture, My house is a house of prayer; You have turned it into a religious bazaar.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
He told them, “It is written, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament
saying to them, “It is written, · ‘My house shall be · a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
and he said, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a den of robbers.”
New Matthew Bible
saying to them, It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.
Good News Translation®
saying to them, “It is written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘My Temple will be a house of prayer.’ But you have turned it into a hideout for thieves!”
Wycliffe Bible
and said [saying] to them, It is written, That mine house is an house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.
New Testament for Everyone
“It’s written,” he said, “ ‘My house shall be a house of prayer; but you’ve made it a brigands’ cave.’ ”
Contemporary English Version
He told them, “The Scriptures say, ‘My house should be a place of worship.’ But you have made it a place where robbers hide!”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a den of robbers.”
J.B. Phillips New Testament
“It is written,” he told them, “‘My house is a house of prayer’, but you have turned it into a ‘den of thieves!’”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
and he said, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
and he said, ‘It is written, “My house shall be a house of prayer”; but you have made it a den of robbers.’
Common English Bible © 2011
He said to them, “It’s written, My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hideout for crooks.”
Amplified Bible © 2015
saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a robbers’ den.”
English Standard Version Anglicised
saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’, but you have made it a den of robbers.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.’”
New American Standard Bible
saying to them, “It is written: ‘And My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”
The Expanded Bible
He said, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My ·Temple [L House] will be a house for prayer [Is. 56:7].’ But you have ·changed [made] it into a ‘·hideout for robbers’ [T den of thieves; Jer. 7:11]!”
Tree of Life Version
saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’”
Revised Standard Version
saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a den of robbers.”
New International Reader's Version
He told them, “It is written that the Lord said, ‘My house will be a house where people can pray.’ (Isaiah 56:7) But you have made it a ‘den for robbers.’ ” (Jeremiah 7:11)
BRG Bible
Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Complete Jewish Bible
saying to them, “The Tanakh says, ‘My House is to be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it into a den of robbers!”
Worldwide English (New Testament)
He said to them, `It is written, "My house shall be a place where people talk with God." But you have made it a place for people who steal!'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
and he said, ‘It is written, “My house shall be a house of prayer”; but you have made it a den of robbers.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Saying to them, It has been written, BEITI BEIT TEFILLAH YIKAREI, but you made it a MEARAT PARITZIM. [YESHAYAH 56:7; YIRMEYAH 7:11]
Names of God Bible
He said to them, “Scripture says, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a gathering place for thieves.”
Modern English Version
saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it ‘a den of thieves.’ ”
Easy-to-Read Version
He said, “The Scriptures say, ‘My Temple will be a house of prayer.’ But you have changed it into a ‘hiding place for thieves.’”
International Children’s Bible
He said, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My Temple will be a house where people will pray.’ But you have changed it into a ‘hideout for robbers’!”
Lexham English Bible
saying to them, “It is written, ‘And my house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a cave of robbers!”
New International Version - UK
‘It is written,’ he said to them, ‘“My house will be a house of prayer” ; but you have made it “a den of robbers”. ’
Disciples Literal New Testament
saying to them, “It has been written [in Isa 56:7]: ‘And My house shall be a house of prayer’. But you made it a den of robbers”.