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Jesus Drives Out Money Changers

Jesus walks through Jerusalem. Crowds of people move with Him. He enters the temple and looks around. There are men counting money to each other. And people carry around goods to be sold. He continues to look at the people and the business exchange that's happening in the temple. He walks up and overthrows one money-changer's table. Then another. And another. Jesus charges back into the courtyard area and yells at them. He says that the temple is to be a house of prayer. But they've turned it into a den of thieves.

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Luke 19:45-46

Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there. He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

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The holy temple in Jerusalem had become a center of commerce rather than a place of worship. It is written, "My house shall be a house of prayer," but you have turned it into a den of thieves. He's heading for my animals! Stop Him! Stop Him! Get the guards! Get the guards! Opposition grew among some of the political and religious leaders because the people were proclaiming Jesus as King.
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