John 2:14-17
14 And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. 15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. 16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!” 17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.”
God's house is to worship Him in, not to do business and make personal profit. Not even if the items sold are supposed to be used to offer sacrifices. So Jesus drove these profiteers out of the temple. A warning for us to not ever make church about profit, but service and worship, and to lovingly but firmly drive out those who would - just how to do this in grace and love is the difficulty.
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