and were continually in the temple courts ¹  blessing ²  God. ³ 

The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.

and he would not permit anyone to carry merchandise ¹  through the temple courts. ² 

Then ¹  Jesus ²  entered the temple courts ³  and began to drive out those who were selling things there, ⁴ 

And all the people ¹  came to him early in the morning to listen to him in the temple courts. ² 

When the feast was half over, Jesus went up to the temple courts ¹  and began to teach. ² 

When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple courts, ¹  he asked them for money. ² 

“Go and stand in the temple courts ¹  and proclaim ²  to the people all the words of this life.”

For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts ¹  and were trying to kill me.

But you have dishonored the poor! ¹  Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?

Now ¹  as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings. ² 

They came again to Jerusalem. ¹  While Jesus ²  was walking in the temple courts, ³  the chief priests, the experts in the law, ⁴  and the elders came up to him

While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said, “How is it that the experts in the law ¹  say that the Christ ²  is David’s son? ³ 

Now ¹  as Jesus ²  was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!” ³ 

After ¹  three days ²  they found him in the temple courts, ³  sitting among the teachers, ⁴  listening to them and asking them questions.

What ¹  did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy ²  clothes? ³  Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury ⁴  are in kings’ courts! ⁵ 

So ¹  every day Jesus ²  was teaching in the temple courts, ³  but at night he went and stayed ⁴  on the Mount of Olives. ⁵ 

¹ He found in the temple courts ²  those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables. ³ 

Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach ¹  them.

(Jesus ¹  spoke these words near the offering box ²  while he was teaching in the temple courts. ³  No one seized him because his time ⁴  had not yet come.) ⁵