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Berean Standard Bible

“So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.”

John 2:15

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Jesus has come to Jerusalem for Passover and enters the temple courts, where animals are sold for sacrifice and money is changed. The temple was meant to be a house of prayer, but the outer court had become a marketplace.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

World English Bible (WEB)

He made a whip of cords, and threw all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew their tables.

King James Version (KJV)

And 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;

American Standard Version (ASV)

and he made a scourge of cords, and cast all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers` money, and overthrew their tables;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And he made a whip of small cords and put them all out of the Temple, with the sheep and the oxen, sending in all directions the small money of the changers and overturning their tables;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and having made a whip of small cords, he put all forth out of the temple, also the sheep, and the oxen; and of the money-changers he poured out the coins, and the tables he overthrew,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y hecho un azote de cuerdas, echólos á todos del templo, y las ovejas, y los bueyes; y derramó los dineros de los cambiadores, y trastornó las mesas;

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Entonces, hizo un látigo con algunas cuerdas y echó a todos del templo. También echó junto con ellos a sus ovejas y bueyes; arrojó al suelo las monedas de los que cambiaban el dinero y volcó sus mesas.

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