UBF Daily Bread

MY HOUSE SHALL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER

Passage: Matthew 21:12~17

Key verse: 13

Jesus at the Temple^(A)

¹²Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying^(B) and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers^(C) and the benches of those selling doves.^(D) ¹³“It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’^[a]^(E) but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’^[b]”^(F)

¹⁴The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.^(G) ¹⁵But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,”^(H) they were indignant.^(I)

¹⁶“Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him.

“Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read,

“‘From the lips of children and infants
you, Lord, have called forth your praise’^[c]?”^(J)

¹⁷And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany,^(K) where he spent the night.

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Footnotes

Matthew 21:13 Isaiah 56:7
Matthew 21:13 Jer. 7:11
Matthew 21:16 Psalm 8:2 (see Septuagint)

Cross references

Matthew 21:12 : 21:12-16pp — Mk 11:15-18; Lk 19:45-47
Matthew 21:12 : Dt 14:26
Matthew 21:12 : Ex 30:13
Matthew 21:12 : Lev 1:14
Matthew 21:13 : Isa 56:7
Matthew 21:13 : Jer 7:11
Matthew 21:14 : S Mt 4:23
Matthew 21:15 : ver 9; S Mt 9:27
Matthew 21:15 : Lk 19:39
Matthew 21:16 : Ps 8:2
Matthew 21:17 : Mt 26:6; Mk 11:1; Lk 24:50; Jn 11:1, 18; 12:1

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1. Jesus cleansed the temple (12-13)

When Jesus entered the house of God, he saw that the religious leaders were doing their own business; they were not praying; they did not care about God's work or God's people.

2. The blind and lame healed (14)

Jesus healed the blind and the lame who came to him in the temple. This was the work of the Messiah.

3. The children shout, 'Hosanna!' (15-17)

Even though Jesus taught God's word and healed the sick, the religious leaders did not listen or believe. They were angry when the children welcomed Jesus as Messiah with shouts of 'Hosanna to the Son of David.' Jesus taught them from the Bible that the children were right. Their welcoming songs and shou ts fulfilled scripture.

Prayer: Lord, cleanse my heart and make in it a place of prayer. Give me eyes to see your work and zeal to do it.

One Word: Make God's house a house of prayer