John 2:14-24

¹⁴And there in the Temple he saw men trading in oxen and sheep and doves, and he saw the changers of money in their seats:

¹⁵And he made a whip of small cords and put them all out of the Temple, with the sheep and the oxen, sending in all directions the small money of the changers and overturning their tables;

¹⁶And to those who were trading in doves he said, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a market.

¹⁷And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.

¹⁸Then the Jews put this question to him: What sign of authority have you to give us, seeing that you do these things?

¹⁹And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days.

²⁰The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days!

²¹But his words were about that holy building which was his body.

²²So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said.

²³Now while he was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, a great number of people came to have faith in his name, after seeing the signs which he did.

²⁴But Jesus did not have faith in them, because he had knowledge of them all.