WHO SAID/ASKED IT?
Who did the people say Jesus was?
The prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee
What city did Jesus enter?
Jerusalem
“My house will be called a house of ____.”
Prayer
Was Jesus happy with what was happening in the temple?
No
True or False: Jesus ignored what was happening in the temple.
False
Who asked, “Who is this?”
The people/crowds in Jerusalem
Where did Jesus go after entering the city?
The temple
“But you are making it a den of ____.”
Robbers
What was the temple supposed to be used for?
Prayer and worship to God
What kind of birds were being sold?
Doves
Who said, “My house will be called a house of prayer”?
God, but Jesus reminded them
What did Jesus overturn?
The tables of the money changers and benches of those selling doves
“Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were ____ and ____ there.”
Buying and Selling
Why did Jesus drive the merchants out?
They were misusing God’s house instead of honoring its purpose
Name two things Jesus did when He found people buying and selling in the temple.
Drove them out and overturned the tables/benches
Who did Jesus say had turned the temple into a “den of robbers”?
The merchants/money changers
What two groups of people did Jesus drive out of the temple?
Those buying and those selling
“The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he ____ them.”
Healed
What did Jesus do in the temple immediately after driving the merchants out?
He healed the blind and the lame
Which two groups of people came to Jesus at the temple to be healed?
The blind and the lame
Why was Jesus angry at the merchants?
They were misusing a place meant for worship and prayer and turned it into a place of business
Put these events in order: Jesus heals people, Jesus enters the temple, Jesus overturns the tables.
Jesus enters the temple → overturns the tables → heals people
Finish both parts: “My house will be called a ________, but you are making it ________.”
House of prayer / a den of robbers
What difference do we see between the merchants and Jesus in this passage?
The merchants were using the temple for their own purposes/profit, while Jesus used it to honor God and help people
Why is verse 14 important after verses 12–13? What does it show about Jesus?
His anger wasn’t about hurting people; He defended what was right and then showed compassion by healing people.