John 2:12–25

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.