Luke 19:46 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.”

Luke 19:46 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Luke 19:46 in 6 Bible Translations

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Luke 19:46 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!””

Luke 19:46 — World English Bible

Luke 19:46 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers. ”

Luke 19:46 — American Standard Version

Luke 19:46 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“saying to them, `It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer--but ye made it a den of robbers.'”

Luke 19:46 — Young's Literal Translation

Luke 19:46 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers. ”

Luke 19:46 — Darby Translation

Luke 19:46 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Saying vnto them, It is written, Mine house is the house of prayer, but ye haue made it a denne of theeues.”

Luke 19:46 — Geneva Bible

Luke 19:46 in Context — Luke 19

44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

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What Does Luke 19:46 Mean?

Luke 19:46 is a verse from the Book of Luke, part of the New Testament. It appears in Luke chapter 19. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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