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(KJV) Mark 11:15-16
And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
JESUS ENTERED THE TEMPLE AREA / MARK 11:15-16
Driving out those who were buying and selling in the temple area shows Christ’s passion for true holiness (moral purity, spiritual wholeness, separation from evil and dedication to God) and prayer among those who claim to worship God (Isaiah 56:7; Luke 19:45). People who came to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast needed animals for the ritual sacrifices, but the temple area was not the appropriate place for the sellers to set up their booths. In addition, the money changers took advantage of the people who needed to exchange their foreign currency so they could pay the annual temple tax. The temple courts had also become a shortcut for businesspeople carrying their merchandise (Mark 11:16) to the other side of the city. It seems that the entire temple area during this time had become a marketplace overrun with business traffic.
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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter
- MAY NO ONE EVER EAT FRUIT FROM YOU AGAIN / MARK 11:14
- BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES / MARK 11:9
- PASSION WEEK / MARK 11:1
- A RANSOM / MARK 10:45
- WHOEVER WANTS TO BECOME GREAT / MARK 10:43
- CAN YOU DRINK THE CUP I DRINK? / MARK 10:38
- RECEIVE A HUNDRED TIMES / MARK 10:30
- AND BLESSED THEM / MARK 10:16
- LIKE A LITTLE CHILD / MARK 10:15
- KINGDOM OF GOD / MARK 10:14
- COMMITS ADULTERY / MARK 10:11
- SALTED WITH FIRE / MARK 4:49
- HELL / MARK 9:43
- CAUSES … LITTLE ONES / MARK 9:42
- ONLY BY PRAYER / MARK 9:29
- HELP ME OVERCOME MY UNBELIEF / MARK 9:24
- EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE / MARK 9:23
- UNBELIEVING GENERATION / MARK 9:19
- ELIJAH HAS COME / MARK 9:13
- ASHAMED OF ME AND MY WORDS / MARK 8:38
- DENY HIMSELF AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS / MARK 8:34
- GET BEHIND ME SATAN / MARK 8:33
- HIS SIGHT WAS RESTORED / MARK 8:25
- YEAST / MARK 8:15
- I HAVE COMPASSION / MARK 8:2
- CHILDREN’S BREAD / MARK 7:27
- FOLLY / MARK 7:22
- MEN’S HEARTS / MARK 7:20-23
- MAKE HIM ‘UNCLEAN’ / MARK 7:18
- THE TRADITIONS OF MEN / MARK 7:8
- THEIR HEARTS ARE FAR FROM ME / MARK 7:6-7
- FIVE LOAVES … TWO FISH … THANKSGIVING AT MEALTIMES / MARK 6:41
- COMPASSION / MARK 6:34
- ANOINTED … WITH OIL / MARK 6:13
- LACK OF FAITH / MARK 6:6
- JESUS … A PROPHET / MARK 6:4
- JUST BELIEVE / MARK 5:36
- JUST TOUCH HIS CLOTHES / MARK 5:27-28
- A MAN WITH AN EVIL SPIRIT / MARK 5:2-17
- JESUS WAS SLEEPING / MARK 4:38
- EVEN WHAT HE HAS WILL BE TAKEN / MARK 4:25
- TAKES AWAY THE WORD / MARK 4:15-17
- A FARMER WENT OUT TO SOW / MARK 4:3
- PARABLES / MARK 4:2
- AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT DEMONS / MARK 3:15
- THAT THEY MIGHT BE WITH HIM / MARK 3:14
- HERODIANS / MARK 3:6
- LOOKED … IN ANGER / MARK 3:5
- THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN / MARK 2:27
- TO CALL … SINNERS / MARK 2:17
- HEALING THE PARALYZED MAN / MARK 2:11
- DROVE OUT MANY DEMONS / MARK 1:34
- SYNAGOGUE / MARK 1:21
- COME FOLLOW ME / MARK 1:17
- KINGDOM OF GOD / MARK 1:15
- BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MARK 1:8
- THE WHOLE JUDEAN COUNTRYSIDE / MARK 1:5
- BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE / MARK 1:4
- THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL / MARK 1:1-3
- MY SON, WHOM I LOVE / MARK 1:11
- WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING … FORGIVE / MARK 11:25
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