Book of Common Prayer

They All Visit a Wedding, Where Jesus Reveals His Glory By Turning Water Into Wine

2 And on the third^[a] day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. And the mother of Jesus was there. ² And both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding-celebration. ³ And it having come-short-of wine, the mother of Jesus says to Him, “They do not have wine”. ⁴ And Jesus says to her, “What^[b] do I have to do with you, woman^[c]? My hour has not yet come”. ⁵ His mother says to the servants, “Do^[d] whatever thing He says to you”. ⁶ Now six stone waterpots were setting there for the purification^[e] [rite] of the Jews, each having-room-for two or three measures^[f]. ⁷ Jesus says to them, “Fill the waterpots with water”. And they filled them up to the top. ⁸ And He says to them, “Draw some now, and carry it to the headwaiter^[g]”. And the ones carried it. ⁹ And when the headwaiter tasted the water having become wine— and he did not know where it was from, but the servants having drawn the water knew— the headwaiter calls the bridegroom, ¹⁰ and says to him, “Every person first puts out the fine wine, and when they get-drunk^[h], the lesser. You have kept the fine wine until now”. ¹¹ Jesus did this beginning^[i] of signs in Cana of Galilee, and revealed His glory. And His disciples believed in Him. ¹² After this He went down to Capernaum— He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples. And they stayed there not many days.

The Soldiers Take His Garments, Fulfilling Psalm 22

²³ Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts— a part for each soldier— and the tunic^[a]. Now the tunic was seamless, woven from the top through the whole. ²⁴ So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but let us cast-lots for it to decide whose it will be”— in order that the Scripture [in Ps 22:18] might be fulfilled, the one saying, “They divided My garments among themselves, and they cast a lot for My clothing”. So indeed, the soldiers did these things.

John Takes Mary Into His Household

²⁵ Now His mother, and the sister of His mother, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary the Magdalene, were standing beside the cross of Jesus. ²⁶ So Jesus, having seen His mother and the disciple^[b] whom He was loving standing near, says to His mother, “Woman, look— your son!” ²⁷ Then He says to the disciple, “Look— your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her into^[c] his own things.