To those who sold the doves, he said, "Take these things out of here! Don't make my Father's house a marketplace!"
My Father's house ...  "My" indicates the unique sonship of Jesus. and focuses on the Messianic import of this event of cleansing.  As Hunter noted, "The cleansing is far more than a Jewish reformer's act; it is a sign of the advent of the Messiah."[16]  In  Malachi 3:1f, it is written: "The Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple ... but who may abide the day of his coming? ... and he shall purify the sons of Levi." Also, in  Zechariah 14:1, we have, "And there shall no longer be a trader in the house of the Lord of hosts on that day" (RSV).  Thus, very early in his ministry, Jesus laid claim by these bold deeds to his rightful position as the long-awaited Messiah of Israel and head of the Theocracy.