John 2

The First Sign: Turning Water into Wine

2On the third day a wedding took place in Cana ⁱof Galilee. ^jJesus’ mother ^kwas there, and ²Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding as well. ³When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother told Him, “They don’t have any wine.”

⁴“What has this concern of yours to do with Me, ^lm•woman?” ⁿJesus asked. “My hour ^ohas not yet come.”

⁵“Do whatever He tells you,” His mother told the servants.

⁶Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification. ^pEach contained 20 or 30 gallons. ^q

⁷“Fill the jars with water,” Jesus told them. So they filled them to the brim. ⁸Then He said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the chief servant.” ^rAnd they did.

⁹When the chief servant tasted the water (after it had become wine), he did not know where it came from—though the servants who had drawn the water knew. He called the groom ¹⁰and told him, “Everyone sets out the fine wine first, then, after people have drunk freely, the inferior. But you have kept the fine wine until now.”

¹¹Jesus performed this first sign ^sin Cana ^tof Galilee. ^uHe displayed ^vHis glory, ^wand His disciples believed in Him.

¹²After this, He went down to Capernaum, ^xtogether with His mother, His brothers, ^yand His disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.

Cleansing the Temple Complex

¹³The Jewish Passover ^zwas near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ^a14In the temple complex ^bHe found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and He also found the money changers sitting there. ¹⁵After making a whip out of cords, ^cHe drove everyone out of the temple complex with their sheep ^dand oxen. He also poured out the money changers’ coins and overturned the tables. ¹⁶He told those who were selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning My Father’s ^ehouse ^finto a marketplace!” ^gh

¹⁷And His disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal ⁱfor Your house will consume ^jMe. ^kl

¹⁸So the Jews replied to Him, “What sign of authority will You show us for doing these things?”

¹⁹Jesus answered, “Destroy this sanctuary, ^mand I will raise it up in three days.” ⁿ

²⁰Therefore the Jews said, “This sanctuary took 46 years to build, and will You raise it up in three days?” ^o

²¹But He was speaking about the sanctuary of His body. ^p22So when He was raised from the dead, ^qHis disciples remembered that He had said this. ^rAnd they believed the Scripture ^sand the statement Jesus had made.

²³While He was in Jerusalem ^tat the Passover Festival, ^umany trusted in His name ^vwhen they saw the signs He was doing. ²⁴Jesus, however, would not entrust Himself to them, since He knew them all ²⁵and because He did not need anyone to testify about man; for He Himself knew what was in man. ^w