John 2:12–25

¹²After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and ^shis brothers² and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

^13tThe Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus ^uwent up to Jerusalem. ^14vIn the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. ¹⁵And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. ¹⁶And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make ^wmy Father’s house a house of trade.” ¹⁷His disciples remembered that it was written, ^x“Zeal for your house will consume me.”

¹⁸So the Jews said to him, ^y“What sign do you show us for doing these things?” ¹⁹Jesus answered them, ^z“Destroy this temple, and in three days ^aI will raise it up.” ²⁰The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple,³ and will you raise it up in three days?” ²¹But he was speaking about ^bthe temple of his body. ²²When therefore he was raised from the dead, ^chis disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed ^dthe Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Jesus Knows What Is in Man

²³Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name ^ewhen they saw the signs that he was doing. ²⁴But Jesus ^fon his part did not entrust himself to them, because ^ghe knew all people ²⁵and needed no one to bear witness about man, for ^ghe himself knew what was in man.