Matthew 21:13 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and he saith to them, `It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.`

and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.

English Amplified

He said to them, The Scripture says, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers. [Isa. 56:7; Jer. 7:11.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

He said to them, The Scripture says, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers. [Isa. 56:7; Jer. 7:11.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’ ”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

He said to them, “It is written, my house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves!”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers.

English EASY 2024

Jesus spoke to them all. He said, ‘The Bible says, “God's house will be a place where people come together to pray.” But you have changed it into a place where robbers meet.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Jesus said to them, "The Scriptures say, 'My Temple will be called a house of prayer.' But you are changing it into a 'hiding place for thieves.' "

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

and said to them, “It is written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it a hideout for thieves!”

English God's Word - GW 1995

He told them, "Scripture says, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you're turning it into a gathering place for thieves!"

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

And He said to them, "It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer. But you are making it a den of thieves!"

English KJV 1611

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbers’ den.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it ‘a den of thieves.’ ”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

And He said to them, "It is written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but you are making it a ROBBERS' DEN."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

And he said to them, "It is written: 'My house shall be a house of prayer,' but you are making it a den of thieves."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

And he said to them, “It is written, ‘ My house will be called a house of prayer, ’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers!”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He said to them, "It is written that the Lord said, 'My house will be called a house where people can pray.'--(Isaiah 56:7) But you are making it a 'den for robbers.' "--(Jeremiah 7:11)

"It is written," he said to them, "'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers.'"

English NKJ 1982

And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”

He said, "The Scriptures declare, 'My Temple will be called a place of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of thieves!"

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer'; but you are making it a den of robbers."

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

And he said to them, “My dwelling place will be known as a house of prayer, but you have made it into a hangout for thieves!”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you make it a den of robbers.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“The Scriptures say my Temple is a place of prayer,“ he declared, “but you have turned it into a den of thieves.“

English Tyndale 1537

And said to them: It is written, mine(my) house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.(murthurers)