15. Jesus made a whip with some pieces of rope. Then he forced all these men and the sheep and cattle to leave the Temple area. He turned over the tables of the money traders and scattered their money.
16. Then he said to those who were selling pigeons, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a place for buying and selling!”
17. When this happened, his followers remembered what was written in the Scriptures: “My strong devotion to your Temple will destroy me.” Psalm 69:9
18. Some Jews said to Jesus, “Show us a miracle as a sign from God. Prove that you have the right to do these things.”
19. Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple and I will build it again in three days.”
20. They answered, “People worked 46 years to build this Temple! Do you really believe you can build it again in three days?”
21. But the temple Jesus meant was his own body.