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Mark 11:17

Mark.11.17

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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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  1. Mark 11:17 quotes Isaiah 56:7

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    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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  2. Mark 11:17 quotes Jeremiah 7:11

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    The phrase den of robbers comes from Jeremiah's temple sermon, which warned that the house bearing God's name would not protect a corrupt people.

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