John 2
The Wedding at Cana
1On athe third day there was a wedding at bCana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2Jesus also was invited to the wedding with chis disciples. 3When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4And Jesus said to her, d“Woman, ewhat does this have to do with me? fMy hour has not yet come.” 5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”6Now there were six stone water jars there gfor the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty hgallons. ▼
▼Greek two or three measures (metrētas); a metrētēs was about 10 gallons or 35 liters
7Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. 9When the master of the feast tasted jthe water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” 11This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested khis glory. And lhis disciples believed in him. 12After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and mhis brothers ▼
▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days. Jesus Cleanses the Temple
13 oThe Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus pwent up to Jerusalem. 14 qIn the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make rmy Father’s house a house of trade.” 17His disciples remembered that it was written, s“Zeal for your house will consume me.”18So the Jews said to him, t“What sign do you show us for doing these things?” 19Jesus answered them, u“Destroy this temple, and in three days vI will raise it up.” 20The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, ▼
▼Or This temple was built forty-six years ago
and will you raise it up in three days?” 21But he was speaking about xthe temple of his body. 22When therefore he was raised from the dead, yhis disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed zthe Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. Jesus Knows What Is in Man
23Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name aawhen they saw the signs that he was doing. 24But Jesus abon his part did not entrust himself to them, because ache knew all people 25and needed no one to bear witness about man, for adhe himself knew what was in man.
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