John 2

Chapter 2

Miracle at Cana

¹On ^athe third day there was a wedding in ^bCana of Galilee, and the ^cmother of Jesus was there;

²and both Jesus and His ^adisciples were invited to the wedding.

³When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.”

⁴And Jesus said to her, “^aWoman, ^1bwhat does that have to do with us? ^cMy hour has not yet come.”

⁵His ^amother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”

⁶Now there were six stone waterpots set there ^afor the Jewish custom of purification, containing ¹twenty or thirty gallons each.

⁷Jesus said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” So they filled them up to the brim.

⁸And He said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to the ¹headwaiter.” So they took it to him.

⁹When the headwaiter tasted the water ^awhich had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom,

¹⁰and said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first, and when the people ^ahave ¹drunk freely, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.”

¹¹This beginning of His ^1asigns Jesus did in Cana of ^bGalilee, and manifested His ^cglory, and His disciples believed in Him.

¹²After this He went down to ^aCapernaum, He and His ^bmother and His brothers and His ^cdisciples; and they stayed there a few days.

First Passover—Cleansing the Temple

^13aThe Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus ^bwent up to Jerusalem.

^14aAnd He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.

¹⁵And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables;

¹⁶and to those who were selling ^athe doves He said, “Take these things away; stop making ^bMy Father’s house a ¹place of business.”

¹⁷His ^adisciples remembered that it was written, “^bZeal for Your house will consume me.”

^18aThe Jews then said to Him, “^bWhat sign do You show us ¹as your authority for doing these things?”

¹⁹Jesus answered them, “^aDestroy this ¹temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

^20aThe Jews then said, “It took ^bforty-six years to build this ¹temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”

²¹But He was speaking of ^athe ¹temple of His body.

²²So when He was raised from the dead, His ^adisciples ^bremembered that He said this; and they believed ^cthe Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

²³Now when He was in Jerusalem at ^athe Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, ^bobserving His signs which He was doing.

²⁴But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for ^aHe knew all men,

²⁵and because He did not need anyone to testify concerning man, ^afor He Himself knew what was in man.