John 2

Jesus Changes Water Into Wine

2On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.^v Jesus’ mother^w was there, ²and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. ³When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”

⁴“Woman,^ax why do you involve me?”^y Jesus replied. “My hour^z has not yet come.”

⁵His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”^a

⁶Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing,^b each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.^b

⁷Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.

⁸Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”

They did so, ⁹and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine.^c He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside ¹⁰and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”

¹¹What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs^d through which he revealed his glory;^e and his disciples believed in him.^f

¹²After this he went down to Capernaum^g with his mother^h and brothersⁱ and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.

Jesus Clears the Temple Courts

2:14–16pp—Mt 21:12,13; Mk 11:15–17; Lk 19:45,46

¹³When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover,^j Jesus went up to Jerusalem.^{k 14}In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves,^l and others sitting at tables exchanging money.^{m 15}So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. ¹⁶To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s houseⁿ into a market!” ¹⁷His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”^co

¹⁸The Jews^p then responded to him, “What sign^q can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”^r

¹⁹Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”^s

²⁰They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” ²¹But the temple he had spoken of was his body.^{t 22}After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said.^u Then they believed the scripture^v and the words that Jesus had spoken.

²³Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,^w many people saw the signs^x he was performing and believed^y in his name.^{d 24}But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. ²⁵He did not need any testimony about mankind,^z for he knew what was in each person.^a