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,^a^x 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

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Footnotes

aThe Greek for Woman does not denote any disrespect.
bOr from about 75 to about 115 liters

Cross references

v Jn 4:46; 21:2
wSee Mt 12:46
x Jn 19:26
ySee Mt 8:29
zSee Mt 26:18
a Ge 41:55
b Mk 7:3, 4; Jn 3:25
c Jn 4:46
dver 23; Mt 12:38; Jn 3:2; See 4:48; 6:2, 14, 26, 30; 12:37; 20:30
e Jn 1:14
f Ex 14:31