Jesus Cleanses the Temple: Zeal for God’s House

As the Passover approached, Jesus went up to Jerusalem and entered the temple courts. He found merchants selling cattle, sheep and doves, with money changers at their tables. Filled with righteous anger, Jesus made a whip, drove out all the traders, scattered their coins and overturned their tables. He rebuked them: “Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” When questioned about his authority, Jesus replied, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days,” speaking of his own body. After his resurrection, his disciples remembered his words and believed.

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