Matthew 21:11-17 Modern English Version (MEV)

11. The crowds said, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”

12. Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who sold and bought in the temple and overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves.

13. 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.’ ”

14. The blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

15. But when the chief priests and scribes saw the ­wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were extremely displeased

16. and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?”Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of children and infantsYou have perfected praise’?”

17. And He left them and went out of the city into Bethany, and He lodged there.

Matthew 21