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Berean Standard Bible

“Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.”

Matthew 21:12

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After entering Jerusalem to the crowd's cheers, Jesus goes directly to the temple. The temple's outer court had become a marketplace for selling animals and exchanging money for offerings.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

World English Bible (WEB)

Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.

King James Version (KJV)

And 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,

American Standard Version (ASV)

And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of he money-changers, and the seats of them that sold the doves;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And Jesus went into the Temple and sent out all who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those trading in doves.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and did cast forth all those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers he overturned, and the seats of those selling the doves,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y entró Jesús en el templo de Dios, y echó fuera todos los que vendían y compraban en el templo, y trastornó las mesas de los cambiadores, y las sillas de los que vendían palomas;

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Jesús se dirigió al templo y echó fuera a los que allí vendían y compraban, y volcó las mesas de los que cambiaban dinero y las sillas de los que vendían palomas. Y dijo:

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