12 Jesus went into the temple of God. He drove out all the people who were buying and selling in the temple. He threw down the tables of the money changers. He pushed down the seats of those who sold doves.
13 He said to them, The holy writings say, "My house shall be called a house where people talk with God." But you have made it a place for people who steal!
13 The time for the Passover Feast of the Jews was near. So Jesus went to Jerusalem.
14 In the temple he found people buying and selling things. They were selling cows, sheep, and doves. Others were sitting at tables changing money for the people.
15 Jesus tied some pieces of cord together to make a whip. Then he drove out all the people who were buying and selling in the temple. And he drove out the sheep and the cows. He threw down the tables of the money changers and their money.
16 He said to the people who sold doves, Take these things out of here. Do not make my Fathers house into a market place.
17 His disciples remembered that Gods word says, My love for your house is like a fire burning in me.
19 Do you not know that your body is the house of the Holy Spirit who lives in you? God gave the Holy Spirit to you. Remember, you do not belong to yourself.
15 Then if I do not come right away, you will know what people should do in Gods family. This family is the church of the living God. The church people hold what is true and keeps it strong.
44 Our fathers had the tent for the laws of God in the wilderness. It was built the way God showed Moses to make it.
45 Our fathers brought that tent with them when they came to this country. Joshua was their leader. God put aside the people who lived here first. Our fathers kept that tent with them until the time of David.
46 God blessed David who asked God to let him make a better house for Jacobs God.
47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him.
48 But even so, God is above all. He does not live in houses that people make with their hands. The prophet says,
49 "The Lord said, The sky is the big chair from which I rule. I put my feet on the earth. So then, what kind of house will you build for me? Or where will I rest myself?
50 I have made all these things myself.
6 But Jesus Christ was true as a Son over Gods house. We are Gods house if we keep on believing and telling others what we hope to have.