^{45 Ref} And having entered into the temple, he began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying,

^{46 Ref} saying to them, `It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer -- but ye made it a den of robbers.'

^{47 Ref} And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him -- also the chiefs of the people --