People would bring their own animals for sacrifice, but they’d be deemed unworthy. So they could trade in their offering for a certified specimen, plus some money, but not just any money, special money, with a poor exchange rate. These money changers were the target, not the altar.
You guys missed the biggest point of all: the religious people were selling animals for sacrifices and Jesus rebuked them FULLY.
This practice of buying/selling animals to sacrifice for forgiveness of sins is repulsive and satanic. Period.
People would bring their own animals for sacrifice, but they’d be deemed unworthy. So they could trade in their offering for a certified specimen, plus some money, but not just any money, special money, with a poor exchange rate. These money changers were the target, not the altar.