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A house of prayer for all nations

Isaiah promised that foreigners would be welcomed to worship in God's house. Jesus quoted that promise as He cleared the temple courts, the very area where the nations could pray.

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Old TestamentIsaiah 56:7Open this record
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New TestamentMark 11:17Open this record

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these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
Isaiah 56:7 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Mark 11:17 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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Mark 11:17 quotes Isaiah 56:7.

Jesus explains the cleansing with Isaiah's word that God's house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.

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