Mark 11:17

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And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but you have made it a den of thieves.

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Clement Of Rome

AD 99

But if we do not the will of the Lord, we shall be of the scripture that saith, "My house was made a den of robbers."

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Not to the Jews only, but to all nations; not in Jerusalem only, but in every city of the known world. It is no longer a temple of bulls, goats, and rams, but a temple of prayer. (Ven. Bede)

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Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220

She has none to whom to make such a promise; and if she have had, she does not make it; since even the earthly temple of God can sooner have been called by the Lord a "den of robbers"

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