Mark 9:12

9:12 He said to them, “Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

Mark 11:17

11:17 Then he began to teach 1  them and said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? 2  But you have turned it into a den 3  of robbers!” 4 

Mark 14:21

14:21 For the Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.”

1 tn The imperfect ἐδίδασκεν (edidasken) is here taken ingressively.

2 sn A quotation from Isa 56:7.

3 tn Or “a hideout” (see L&N 1.57).

4 sn A quotation from Jer 7:11. The meaning of Jesus’ statement about making the temple courts a den of robbers probably operates here at two levels. Not only were the religious leaders robbing the people financially, but because of this they had also robbed them spiritually by stealing from them the opportunity to come to know God genuinely. It is possible that these merchants had recently been moved to this location for convenience.