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Source language
Original Greek   
καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Γέγραπται· Ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται, ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτὸν ⸀ποιεῖτε σπήλαιον λῃστῶν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
kai legei autois* Gegraptai* O oikos mou oikos proseukhes klethesetai, umeis de auton rpoieite spelaion leston.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et dicit eis scriptum est domus mea domus orationis vocabitur vos autem fecistis eam speluncam latronum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Authorized (King James) Version   
and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
New King James Version   
And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”
21st Century King James Version   
and said unto them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called the house of prayer,’ but ye have made it a den of thieves.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And he said to them, “It is written: 'My house will be called the House of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers.' “
Darby Bible Translation   
And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And he saith to them: It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”
God's Word   
He told them, "Scripture says, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you're turning it into a gathering place for thieves!"
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
And He said to them, "It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer. But you are making it a den of thieves!"
International Standard Version   
He told them, "It is written, 'My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a hideout for bandits!"
NET Bible   
And he said to them, "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a den of robbers!"
New American Standard Bible   
And He said to them, "It is written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but you are making it a ROBBERS' DEN."
New International Version   
"It is written," he said to them, "'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it 'a den of robbers.'"
New Living Translation   
He said to them, "The Scriptures declare, 'My Temple will be called a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of thieves!"
Webster's Bible Translation   
And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Weymouth New Testament   
"It is written," He said, "'My House shall be called the House of Prayer', but you are making it a robbers' cave."
The World English Bible   
He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers!"
EasyEnglish Bible   
Jesus spoke to them all. He said, ‘The Bible says, “God's house will be a place where people come together to pray.” But you have changed it into a place where robbers meet.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and he saith to them, `It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.'
New Life Version   
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house is to be called a house of prayer.’ You have made it a place of robbers.”
Revised Geneva Translation   
and said to them, “It is written! My house shall be called the House of Prayer! But you have made it a den of thieves!”
The Voice Bible   
Jesus: It is written, “My house will be a house of prayer for all people,” but you have turned this house of prayer into a den of robbers.
Living Bible   
“The Scriptures say my Temple is a place of prayer,” he declared, “but you have turned it into a den of thieves.”
New Catholic Bible   
He said to them, “It is written: ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of thieves.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbers’ den.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Christian Standard Bible   
He said to them, “It is written, my house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves!”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
He said to them, The Scripture says, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers.
New Century Version   
Jesus said to all the people there, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My Temple will be called a house for prayer.’ But you are changing it into a ‘hideout for robbers.’”
The Message   
Jesus went straight to the Temple and threw out everyone who had set up shop, buying and selling. He kicked over the tables of loan sharks and the stalls of dove merchants. He quoted this text: My house was designated a house of prayer; You have made it a hangout for thieves. Now there was room for the blind and crippled to get in. They came to Jesus and he healed them.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of robbers!”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
And he said to them, “It stands written, · ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of thieves.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a den of robbers.”
New Matthew Bible   
and said to them, It is written: My house shall be called the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.
Good News Translation®   
and said to them, “It is written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it a hideout for thieves!”
Wycliffe Bible   
And he said to them, It is written, Mine house shall be called an house of prayer [My house shall be called an house of prayer]; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
New Testament for Everyone   
“This is what the Bible says,” he said to them, My house will be called a house of prayer— but you have made it a brigands’ lair!”
Contemporary English Version   
He told them, “The Scriptures say, ‘My house should be called a place of worship.’ But you have turned it into a place where robbers hide.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you make it a den of robbers.”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then Jesus went into the Temple and drove out all the buyers and sellers there. He overturned the tables of the money-changers and the benches of those who sold doves, crying—“It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’. But you have turned it into a ‘den of thieves!’”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of robbers.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
He said to them, ‘It is written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer”; but you are making it a den of robbers.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
He said to them, “It’s written, My house will be called a house of prayer. But you’ve made it a hideout for crooks.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Jesus said to them, “It is written [in Scripture], ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbers’ den.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’, but you make it a den of robbers.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
And he said to them, “It is written: ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of thieves.”
New American Standard Bible   
And He *said to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a den of robbers.”
The Expanded Bible   
Jesus said to ·all the people there [L them], “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My ·Temple [L House] will be called a house for prayer [Is. 56:7].’ But you are ·changing [making] it into a ·hideout for robbers [T den of thieves; Jer. 7:11].”
Tree of Life Version   
And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of thieves’!”
Revised Standard Version   
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you make it a den of robbers.”
New International Reader's Version   
He said to them, “It is written that the Lord said, ‘My house will be called a house where people can pray.’ (Isaiah 56:7) But you are making it ‘a den for robbers.’ ” (Jeremiah 7:11)
BRG Bible   
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Complete Jewish Bible   
He said to them, “It has been written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it into a den of robbers!”
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
He said to them, `The holy writings say, "My house shall be called a house where people talk with God." But you have made it a place for people who steal!'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
He said to them, ‘It is written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer”; but you are making it a den of robbers.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, It has been written, BEITI BEIT TEFILLAH YIKAREI (My House shall be called a House of Prayer, YESHAYAH 56:7), but you are making it into a MEARAT PARITZIM (den of robbers, YIRMEYAH 7:11).
Names of God Bible   
He told them, “Scripture says, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you’re turning it into a gathering place for thieves!”
Modern English Version   
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it ‘a den of thieves.’ ”
Easy-to-Read Version   
Jesus said to them, “The Scriptures say, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are changing it into a ‘hiding place for thieves.’”
International Children’s Bible   
Jesus said to all the people there, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My Temple will be a house where people will pray.’ But you are changing God’s house into a ‘hideout for robbers.’”
Lexham English Bible   
And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a cave of robbers!”
New International Version - UK   
‘It is written,’ he said to them, ‘“My house will be called a house of prayer,” but you are making it “a den of robbers.” ’
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And He says to them, “It has been written [in Isa 56:7]: ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’. But you are making it a den of robbers”.