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13 And He said to them, “It is written, a‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a b‘den of thieves.’ ”  
14 Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.
15 But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the aSon of David!” they were indignant  
16 and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read,
a‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have perfected praise’?”  
17 Then He left them and awent out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there.  

The Fig Tree Withered

18 aNow in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Matthew 21:15

The chief priests - were sore displeased - Or, were incensed. Incensed at what! At the purification of the profaned temple! This was a work they should have done themselves, but for which they had neither grace nor influence; and their pride and jealousy will not suffer them to permit others to do it. Strange as it may appear, the priesthood itself, in all corrupt times, has been ever the most forward to prevent a reform in the Church. Was it because they were conscious that a reformer would find them no better than money-changers in, and profaners of, the house of God, and that they and their system must be overturned, if the true worship of God were restored! Let him who is concerned answer this to his conscience.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Matthew 21:15:

Mark 11:1
Luke 19:45

 

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