The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money-changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, \u2018Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father\u2019s house a market-place!\u2019 His disciples remembered that it was written, \u2018Zeal for your house will consume me.\u2019 The Jews then said to him, \u2018What sign can you show us for doing this?\u2019 Jesus answered them, \u2018Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.\u2019 The Jews then said, \u2018This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?\u2019 But he was speaking of the temple of his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.<\/p>\n
When he was in Jerusalem during the Passover festival, many believed in his name because they saw the signs that he was doing. But Jesus on his part would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to testify about anyone; for he himself knew what was in everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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