Once upon a time, in the city of Jerusalem, there was a man named Jesus. He was a carpenter by trade, but he was also a teacher and a healer. He was a man of great faith and wisdom, and he was beloved by many.
One day, Jesus decided to visit the temple in Jerusalem. He was shocked to find that the temple had been turned into a marketplace. Merchants were selling animals for sacrifice, and money changers were exchanging coins for temple currency.
Jesus was so angry at what he saw that he made a whip out of cords and drove the merchants and money changers out of the temple. He overturned their tables and scattered their coins. He shouted, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers!’”
The people were amazed at Jesus’ courage and power. They had never seen anyone stand up to the merchants and money changers like this before.
The chief priests and the scribes were not happy with Jesus’ actions. They asked him, “By what authority are you doing these things?”
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
The chief priests and the scribes were even more angry at Jesus’ words. They knew that it would take many years to rebuild the temple, and they did not believe that Jesus could do it in three days.
But Jesus was true to his word. Three days later, he rose from the dead and the temple was restored.
The story of Jesus and the money changers teaches us an important lesson. We should never put money and material things before God. We should always remember that God is the most important thing in our lives, and we should always put Him first.
