Luke 19:47

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Luke 19:45–48 · Berean Standard Bible

45 Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.

46 He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

47 Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.

48 Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.

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Luke 21:37

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Luke 21:38

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When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”

Mark 11:27

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Mark 11:28

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Mark 11:29

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Mark 11:30

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Mark 11:31

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Matthew 26:4

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Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”

John 7:44

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John 8:37

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John 8:38

I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

John 8:39

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John 8:40

But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.

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John 11:54

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John 11:56

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John 11:57

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