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Mark 11:17

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

And 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.

Mark 11:17 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Mark 11:17

Theological / Devotional

Called of all nations. Jesus was standing, apparently, in the particular part of the Temple assigned to the Gentile believers in the true God. This, the officers of the Temple had converted into a sort of Temple market place.

Thieves. Rather, “robbers,” that is, organized plunderers, not petty pilferers.

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