Prayer & Spiritual Habits
God's house should be a house of prayer, not commercial exploitation.
Cited Scripture
Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45-46.
Read Cited Scripture (KJV) Matthew 21:12–13; Mark 11:15–17; Luke 19:45–46
King James Version
Matthew 21:12–13
12And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
13And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Mark 11:15–17
15And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
16And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
17And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Luke 19:45–46
45And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
46Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (KJV).