Extreme Makeover Temple Edition

John 2:13-22 (English Standard Version)

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

^13(A) The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus^(B) went up to Jerusalem. ^14(C) In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. ¹⁵And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. ¹⁶And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make^(D) my Father’s house a house of trade.” ¹⁷His disciples remembered that it was written,^(E) “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

¹⁸So the Jews said to him,^(F) “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” ¹⁹Jesus answered them, ^(G) “Destroy this temple, and in three days^(H) I will raise it up.” ²⁰The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” ²¹But he was speaking about^(I) the temple of his body. ²²When therefore he was raised from the dead,^(J) his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed^(K) the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Cross references:

1. John 2:13 : John 11:55; John 6:4
2. John 2:13 : John 2:23; Deut 16:1-6; Luke 2:41
3. John 2:14 : For John 2:14-17, Matt 21:12, 13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45, 46, with Mal 3:1-3
4. John 2:16 : John 14:2; Luke 2:49
5. John 2:17 : Psalm 69:9
6. John 2:18 : John 4:48; 6:30; Exodus 4:1, 8; 7:9; Matt 12:38
7. John 2:19 : Matt 26:61; 27:40; Mark 14:58; 15:29
8. John 2:19 : John 10:18
9. John 2:21 : John 1:14; 1 Cor 6:19; Col 2:9
10. John 2:22 : John 12:16; Luke 24:8
11. John 2:22 : John 20:9; Psalm 16:10