45 Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who [a]bought and sold in it, 46 saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house [b]is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”
47 And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him, 48 and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to hear Him.
Luke 19:45-48
Jesus cleanses the temple. Within the temple which was constructed as a place to worship God, Jesus entered and drove away all who bought and sold. While He made clear that soon God will only need to be worshiped in spirit and truth (rather than a specific location – John 4:21-24), he moved to cleanse the temple by removing the rubbish (2 Chronicles 29:38) before he began to teach there daily.
Though the chief priests, scribes, and elders sought to stop Him from restoring the temple to a house of God, the people remained unaffected as they paid close attention to everything He said.