Mark 11:17

17AndκαὶHe began teachingἐδίδασκενandκαὶwas sayingἔλεγενto themαὐτοῖς·NotΟὐhas it been writtenγέγραπταιὅτιTheὉhouseοἶκόςof Meμουa houseοἶκοςof prayerπροσευχῆςwill be calledκληθήσεταιfor allπᾶσινtheτοῖςnationsἔθνεσιν;Youὑμεῖςhoweverδὲhave madeπεποιήκατεitαὐτὸνa denσπήλαιονof robbersλῃστῶν.

And He was teaching and was saying to them, “Has it not been written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you⁺ have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

Vocab difficulty

41.8

Rare words

  • σπήλαιον

    σπήλαιον

    a cave, den