Lexham English Bible

John 2:16-21 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16. And to the ones selling the doves he said, “Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father’s house a marketplace!”

17. His disciples remembered that it is written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

18. So the Jews answered and said to him, “What sign do you show to us, because you are doing these things?”

19. Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up!”

20. Then the Jews said, “This temple has been under construction forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?”

21. But he was speaking about the temple of his body.