Matthew 21:14

Blind and the lame. In the triumphal procession the day before, the trophies that Jesus’ healing power had rescued from the oppression of Satan had marched along shouting the Saviour’s praises (see on v. 9). As Jesus set about healing those who now flocked to Him in the Temple courts, He gave a practical demonstration of the truth that the Temple had been ordained of God to serve man’s need, not his greed. It seems that for a brief time Jesus was in complete control of the Temple (see Mark 11:16), and during the time demonstrated, in part, how these sacred precincts should be used. He had come to earth that men “might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10; not that they might sacrifice more abundantly or make profits more abundantly.