Jesus is angry about a market in the temple
12 After this, Jesus went to a town called Capernaum. His mother, his brothers and his disciples went with him. They stayed there for a few days.
2:12Capernaum was a town in Galilee. It was next to Lake Galilee.
13 It was almost time for the Jewish Passover Festival. So Jesus went to Jerusalem. 14 He went into the yard of the temple. There he found people who were selling cows, sheep and doves. Other people were sitting at tables to change coins for people. 15 So Jesus made a whip from some pieces of rope. Then he made all the people leave the temple quickly, with the sheep and the cows. He threw onto the ground all the coins of the men who changed money. He turned their tables over. 16 He said to the people who sold birds, ‘Take them out of here! Do not make my Father's house into a market!’
2:13Jerusalem was the capital city of Israel. The temple of God was in Jerusalem.
17 Then his disciples remembered what it says in the Bible: ‘My love for your house burns inside me like a fire.’
18 The Jewish leaders asked Jesus, ‘What is your authority to do this? Do a miracle to show us that you really do have authority.’
19 Jesus answered them, ‘If you destroy this house of God, I will build it up again in three days.’
20 The Jews replied, ‘People have worked for 46 years to build this temple. But you say that you will build it again in three days!’
21 But the house that Jesus was speaking about was his own body. 22 The disciples remembered this when Jesus had become alive again after his death. They remembered that he had said this. Then they believed what the Bible taught. They also believed the words that Jesus had spoken.
23 While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, he did many miracles. Many people saw these miracles that showed he was from God. As a result, they believed in Jesus. 24 But Jesus himself did not trust the people. He knew what all people are really like. 25 He did not need anyone to tell him what people are like. He knew already what was really in each person.
