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  • John 2:16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 16 And he said to those selling the doves: “Take these things away from here! Stop making the house of my Father a house of commerce!”*+

  • John 2:16
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 16 καὶ and τοῖς to the (ones) τὰς the περιστερὰς doves πωλοῦσιν selling εἶπεν he said Ἄρατε Lift YOU up ταῦτα these (things) ἐντεῦθεν, from here, μὴ not ποιεῖτε be YOU making τὸν the οἶκον house τοῦ of the πατρός Father μου of me οἶκον house ἐμπορίου. of merchandise.

  • John 2:16
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 16 And he said to those selling the doves: “Take these things away from here! Stop making the house+ of my Father a house of merchandise!”+

  • John 2:16
    The Bible in Living English
    • 16 and said to the pigeon-sellers “Get these away from here; do not make my Father’s house a market.”

  • John 2:16
    American Standard Version
    • 16 and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise.

  • John 2:16
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 16 and unto them who were selling the doves he said—Take these things hence! Be not making the house of my Father a house of merchandise.

  • John 2:16
    King James Version
    • 16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 2:16 it-1 112-113, 315, 648, 1008-1009; it-2 428; jy 43; gt chapter 16

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 2:16 w85 4/1 18-19; w73 6-7; ad 695, 1175; w67 349; bf 411, 605; w60 146; w56 652; w37 265

  • John
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 2:16

      Insight, Volume 1, pp. 112-113, 315, 648, 1008-1009

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 428

      Jesus—The Way, p. 43

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 2:16

      a house of commerce: Or “a marketplace; a business.” The Greek phrase oiʹkon em·po·riʹou, rendered “a house of commerce,” means “a place where business is carried on; a market.” It occurs only here in the Christian Greek Scriptures. The sale of sacrifices within the temple grounds was one of the chief sources of income for the wealthy and powerful house of chief priest Annas.

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