12 Bible Verses about Status Of The Temple

Alas for you, you blind guides! You say 'if any answer by the Temple, his oath counts for nothing; but, if any one swears by the gold of the Temple, his oath is binding him'!

And said to them: "Scripture says??My House shall be called a house of prayer'; but you are making it 'a den of robbers.'"

Then he began to teach. "Does not Scripture say," he asked, "'My House shall be called a House of Prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers.'"

Saying as he did so: "Scripture says--'My House shall be a House of Prayer'; but you have made it 'a den of robbers.'"

Then the Devil took him to the Holy City, and, placing him on the parapet of the temple, said to him:

The Devil next led him into Jerusalem, and, placing him on the parapet of the Temple, said: "If you are God's Son throw yourself down from here,

Leaving the Temple Courts, Jesus was walking away, when his disciples came up to draw his attention to the Temple buildings.

As Jesus was walking out of the Temple Courts, one of his disciples said to him: "Teacher, look what fine stones and buildings these are!"

When some of them spoke about the Temple being decorated with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said:

His disciples remembered that Scripture said--'Zeal for thy House will consume me.'

Fools that you are and blind! Which is the more important? The gold? Or the Temple which has given sacredness to the gold?

and a man, swearing by the Temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it,