John 2
1Jesus Changes Water into WineOn the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there,Josh 19:28 2and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They don't have any wine.” 4Jesus said to her, “How does that concern us, woman? My hour has not yet come.”2Sam 16:10; 19:22; John 7:6; 19:26 5His mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 6Now standing there were six stone water jars used for the Jewish rites of purification, each one holding from twenty to thirty gallons.Mark 7:3 7Jesus told the servants, ▼▼Lit. them
“Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them up to the brim. 8Then he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the man in charge of the banquet.” So they took it. 9When the man in charge of the banquet tasted the water that had become wine (without knowing where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he ▼▼Lit. the man in charge of the banquet
called for the bridegroomJohn 4:46 10and said to him, “Everyone serves the best wine first, and the cheap kind when people ▼▼Lit. they
are drunk. But you have kept the best wine until now!” 11Jesus did this, the first ▼▼Or beginning
of his signs, in Cana of Galilee. He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.John 1:14 12After this, Jesus ▼▼Lit. he
went down to Capernaum—he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples—and they remained there for a few days.Matt 12:46 13Jesus Throws Merchants and Moneychangers out of the Temple Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45-46The Jewish Passover was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.Exod 12:14; Deut 16:1, 16; John 5:1; 6:4; 11:55; 16:23 14In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, as well as moneychangers sitting at their tables.Matt 21:12; Mark 11:15; Luke 19:45 15Making a whip out of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, including the sheep and the cattle. He scattered the coins of the moneychangers and knocked over their tables. 16Then he told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!”Luke 2:49 17His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” ▼▼Ps 69:9
Ps 69:9 18Then the Jews said to him, “What sign can you show us as authority for doing these things?”Matt 12:38; John 6:30 19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will rebuild it.”Matt 26:61; 27:40; Mark 14:58; 15:29 20The Jews said, “This sanctuary has been under construction for forty-six years, and you're going to rebuild it in three days?” 21But the sanctuary he was speaking about was his own body.1Cor 3:16; 6:19; 2Cor 6:16; Col 2:9; Heb 8:2 22After he had been raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this. So they believed the Scripture and the statement that Jesus had made. ▼▼Lit. spoken
Luke 24:8 23Jesus Knows All PeopleWhile Jesus ▼▼Lit. he
was in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, many people believed in his name because they saw the signs that he was doing. 24Jesus, however, did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25and didn't need anyone to tell him what people were like. For he himself knew what was in every person. ▼▼Lit. in a person
1Sam 16:7; 1Chr 28:9; Matt 9:4; Mark 2:8; John 6:64; 16:30; Acts 1:24; Rev 2:23
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