John 2:16 - Compare All Versions
John 2:16 NIV (New International Version)
To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!”
John 2:16 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.”
John 2:16 NLT (New Living Translation)
Then, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, “Get these things out of here. Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!”
John 2:16 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
He told those who were selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace! ”
John 2:16 KJV (King James Version)
and said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
John 2:16 NKJV (New King James Version)
And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!”
John 2:15-17 MSG (The Message)
Jesus put together a whip out of strips of leather and chased them out of the Temple, stampeding the sheep and cattle, upending the tables of the loan sharks, spilling coins left and right. He told the dove merchants, “Get your things out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a shopping mall!” That’s when his disciples remembered the Scripture, “Zeal for your house consumes me.”
John 2:16 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
and to those who were selling the doves He said, “Take these things away from here; stop making My Father’s house a place of business!”
John 2:16 AMP (Amplified Bible)
then to those who sold the doves He said, “Take these things away! Stop making My Father’s house a place of commerce!” [Ps 93:5]
John 2:16 NET (New English Translation)
To those who sold the doves he said, “Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father’s house a marketplace!”