Luke 19:46

Bible in Basic English

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.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and he said, “It is written, my house will be a house of prayer,

King James Version (1611)
Saying vnto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye haue made it a denne of theeues.

King James Version
Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

English 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 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."

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'!"

Amplified Bible
saying to them, "It is written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but you have made it a ROBBERS' DEN."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
saying to them, "It is written, 'AND MY HOUSE SHALL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER,' but you have made it a ROBBERS' DEN."

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."

Berean Standard Bible
He declared to them, "It is written: 'My house will be a house of prayer.' But you have made it 'a den of robbers.'"

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!"

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 !"

Darby Translation
saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers.

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.'"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Saying vnto them, It is written, Mine house is the house of prayer, but ye haue made it a denne of theeues.

George Lamsa Translation
And he said to them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer; but you have made it a cave of bandits.

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!"

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!"

Literal Translation
saying to them, It has been written, "My house is a house of prayer," but you made it "a den of plunderers." Isa. 56:7; Jer. 7:11

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.

Hebrew Names Version
saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!"

International Standard Version
He said to them, "It is written, 'My house is to be called a house of prayer,'Isaiah 56:7">[fn] but you have turned it into a hideoutcave">[fn] for bandits!"Isaiah 56:7; Jeremiah 7:11;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
and said to them, It is written that my house is the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.

Murdock Translation
And he said to them: It is written, My house is a house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of robbers.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Saying vnto them, it is written: My house is the house of prayer, but ye haue made it a denne of thieues.

English Revised 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.

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'!"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Saying to them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Weymouth's New Testament
"It is written," He said, "`And My house shall be the House of Prayer,' but you have made it a robbers' cave."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide to hem, It is writun, That myn hous is an hous of preyer, but ye han maad it a den of theues.

Update Bible Version
saying to them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but you have made it a den of robbers.

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.

New English Translation
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 King James Version
saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is [fn] a house of prayer,' Isaiah 56:7 ">[fn] but you have made it a 'den of thieves.' " Jeremiah 7:11">[fn]

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."

New Life Bible
He said to them, "It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer.' ‘But you have made it a place of robbers.'"

New Revised Standard
and he said, "It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer'; but you have made it a den of robbers."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
saying unto them - It is written, And, my house, shall be, a house of prayer; but, ye, have made, it, a den of robbers.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Saying to them: It is written: My house is the 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."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
sayinge vnto them yt is written: my housse is the housse of prayer: but ye have made it a den of theves.

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.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde vnto them: It is wrytten: My house is an house of prayer, but ye haue made it a denne of murthurers.

Mace New Testament (1729)
"my house is a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves."

Simplified Cowboy Version
He said, "The Good Book said, 'My House will be one of prayer,' but you have turned it into a carnival booth."

Contextual Overview

⁴¹ And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it, ⁴² Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them. ⁴³ For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side, ⁴⁴ And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy. ⁴⁵ And he went into the Temple and put out those who were trading there, ⁴⁶ 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. ⁴⁷ And every day he was teaching in the Temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people were attempting to put him to death; ⁴⁸ But they were not able to do anything, because the people all kept near him, being greatly interested in his words.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 93:5, Isaiah 56:7, Jeremiah 7:11, Ezekiel 43:12, Hosea 12:7, Matthew 23:14

Reciprocal: Isaiah 1:23 - companions Ezekiel 28:16 - the multitude Matthew 21:12 - and cast Matthew 21:13 - ye Mark 11:17 - Is it Luke 18:10 - into Luke 20:2 - Tell John 2:14 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Saying unto them, it is written,.... In Isaiah 56:7

my house is the house of prayer; built and devoted for that service:

but ye have made it a den of thieves; which clause is not written in the above prophecy, but are the words of Christ referring to Jeremiah 7:11. The Ethiopic version adds, "and robbers"; and the Persic version adds, "and a place of cut-purses";

Jeremiah 7:11- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 21:12-13.