John 2:16 Cross References - Williams

¹⁶ Then He said to the pigeon-dealers, "Take these things out of here! Stop using my Father's house as a market place!"

¹³ and said to them, "The Scripture says, 'My house must be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave for robbers."

¹⁷ And He continued teaching them and saying, "Does not the Scripture say, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a cave for robbers."

⁴⁹ Then He said to them, "Why is it that you were searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"

¹⁷ Then He answered them, "My Father is still working, and so am I."

⁴⁹ Jesus answered: "I am not under the power of a demon; on the other hand, I am honoring my Father, but you are dishonoring me.

²⁹ My father who gave them to me is stronger than all, and no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.

¹⁷ Jesus said to her, "Stop clinging to me so, for I have not yet gone up to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them that I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."

²⁴ A silversmith named Demetrius, by manufacturing silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing in great profits to his workmen. ²⁵ He called together his workmen, and others engaged in similar trades, and said to them: "Men, you well know that our prosperity depends on this business of ours, ²⁶ and you see and hear that, not only in Ephesus but all over the province of Asia, this man Paul has led away a vast number of people by persuading them, telling them that gods made by human hands are not gods at all. ²⁷ Now the danger facing us is, not only that our business will lose its reputation but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be brought into contempt and that she whom all Asia and all the world now worship will soon be dethroned from her majestic glory!"

⁵ and perpetual friction between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth, who imagine that religion is only a means of gain.

³ In their greed they will exploit you with messages manufactured by themselves. From of old their condemnation has not been idle and their destruction has not been slumbering.

¹⁴ They have eyes full of adultery and insatiable by sin. They practice enticing unsteady souls. They have trained their hearts in greed. They are doomed to a curse! ¹⁵ They have left the straight road and gone astray. They have followed the road that Balaam, the son of Beor, trod, who fell in love with the profits of wrongdoing