John 2:1-12

International Standard Version

Jesus Changes Water into Wine

2 On the third day of that week^[a] there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, ² and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. ³ When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother told him, “They don’t have any more wine.”

⁴ “How does that concern us, dear lady?”^[b] Jesus asked her. “My time hasn’t come yet.”

⁵ His mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

⁶ Now standing there were six stone water jars used for the Jewish rites of purification, each one holding from two to three measures.^{[c] 7} Jesus told the servants,^[d] “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them up to the brim. ⁸ Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the man in charge of the banquet.” So they did.

⁹ When 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^[e] called for the bridegroom ¹⁰ and told him, “Everyone serves the best wine first, and the cheap kind when people^[f] are drunk. But you have kept the best wine until now!” ¹¹ Jesus did this, the first^[g] of his signs, in Cana of Galilee. He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

¹² After this, Jesus^[h] went down to Capernaum—he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples—and they remained there for a few days.