“And said unto them that sold doves,Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.”
John 2:16 (KJV)
Context Reading
14And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; 16And said unto them that sold doves,Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise. 17And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. 18¶ Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?