John 2

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The Wedding at Cana

2 And on ^(A)the third day there was a wedding in ^(B)Cana of Galilee, and the ^(C)mother of Jesus was there; ²and both Jesus and His ^(D)disciples were invited to the wedding. ³And when the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus *said to Him, “They have no wine.” ⁴And Jesus *said to her, “^(E)Woman, ^[a]^(F)what do I have to do with you? ^(G)My hour has not yet come.” ⁵His ^(H)mother *said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” ⁶Now there were six stone water jars set there ^(I)for the Jewish custom of purification, containing ^[b]two or three measures each. ⁷Jesus *said to them, “Fill the water jars with water.” So they filled them up to the brim. ⁸And He *said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.” So they took it to him. ⁹Now when the headwaiter tasted the water ^(J)which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the bridegroom, ¹⁰and *said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first, and when the people ^(K)have ^[c]drunk freely, then the inferior wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.” ¹¹Jesus did this in Cana of ^(L)Galilee as the beginning of His ^[d]^(M)signs, and manifested His ^(N)glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

¹²After this He went down to ^(O)Capernaum, He and His ^(P)mother and His ^(Q)brothers and His ^(R)disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

¹³^(S)And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus ^(T)went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴^(U)And 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 ^(V)the doves He said, “Take these things away; stop making ^(W)My Father’s house a ^[e]place of business.” ¹⁷His ^(X)disciples remembered that it was written, “^(Y)Zeal for Your house will consume me.” ¹⁸^(Z)The Jews then said to Him, “^(AA)What sign do You show us ^[f]as your authority for doing these things?” ¹⁹Jesus answered them, “^(AB)Destroy this ^[g]sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.” ²⁰^(AC)The Jews then said, “It took ^(AD)forty-six years to build this sanctuary, and will You raise it up in three days?” ²¹But He was speaking about ^(AE)the sanctuary of His body. ²²So when He was raised from the dead, His ^(AF)disciples ^(AG)remembered that He said this; and they believed ^(AH)the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

²³Now when He was in Jerusalem at ^(AI)the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, ^(AJ)when they saw His signs which He was doing. ²⁴But Jesus, ^[h]on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for ^(AK)He knew all men, ²⁵and because He had no need that anyone bear witness concerning man, ^(AL)for He Himself knew what was in man.

Footnotes

John 2:4 Lit what to Me and to you (a Heb idiom)
John 2:6 Approx. 20-30 gal. or 75-115 l, a measure was approx. 10 gal. or 38 l
John 2:10 Or have become drunk
John 2:11 Or attesting miracles
John 2:16 Lit house
John 2:18 Lit that You do these
John 2:19 The inner part of the temple
John 2:24 Lit Himself

John 2

The Message

From Water to Wine

2 ^1-3Three days later there was a wedding in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. Jesus and his disciples were guests also. When they started running low on wine at the wedding banquet, Jesus’ mother told him, “They’re just about out of wine.”

⁴Jesus said, “Is that any of our business, Mother—yours or mine? This isn’t my time. Don’t push me.”

⁵She went ahead anyway, telling the servants, “Whatever he tells you, do it.”

^6-7Six stoneware water pots were there, used by the Jews for ritual washings. Each held twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus ordered the servants, “Fill the pots with water.” And they filled them to the brim.

⁸“Now fill your pitchers and take them to the host,” Jesus said, and they did.

^9-10When the host tasted the water that had become wine (he didn’t know what had just happened but the servants, of course, knew), he called out to the bridegroom, “Everybody I know begins with their finest wines and after the guests have had their fill brings in the cheap stuff. But you’ve saved the best till now!”

¹¹This act in Cana of Galilee was the first sign Jesus gave, the first glimpse of his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

¹²After this he went down to Capernaum along with his mother, brothers, and disciples, and stayed several days.

Tear Down This Temple . . .

^13-14When the Passover Feast, celebrated each spring by the Jews, was about to take place, Jesus traveled up to Jerusalem. He found the Temple teeming with people selling cattle and sheep and doves. The loan sharks were also there in full strength.

^15-17Jesus put together a whip out of strips of leather and chased them out of the Temple, stampeding the sheep and cattle, upending the tables of the loan sharks, spilling coins left and right. He told the dove merchants, “Get your things out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a shopping mall!” That’s when his disciples remembered the Scripture, “Zeal for your house consumes me.”

^18-19But the Jews were upset. They asked, “What credentials can you present to justify this?” Jesus answered, “Tear down this Temple and in three days I’ll put it back together.”

^20-22They were indignant: “It took forty-six years to build this Temple, and you’re going to rebuild it in three days?” But Jesus was talking about his body as the Temple. Later, after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this. They then put two and two together and believed both what was written in Scripture and what Jesus had said.

^23-25During the time he was in Jerusalem, those days of the Passover Feast, many people noticed the signs he was displaying and, seeing they pointed straight to God, entrusted their lives to him. But Jesus didn’t entrust his life to them. He knew them inside and out, knew how untrustworthy they were. He didn’t need any help in seeing right through them.

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