John 2
2
The Wedding at Cana
1Two days later there was a wedding in the town of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. 2Jesus and his followers were also invited to the wedding. 3When all the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
4Jesus answered, “Dear woman, why come to me? My time has not yet come.”
5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you to do.”
6In that place there were six stone water jars. The Jews used jars like these in their washing ceremony.# The Jews washed themselves in special ways before eating, before worshiping in the Temple, and at other special times. Each jar held about 20 or 30 gallons.
7Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled the jars to the top.
8Then he said to them, “Now take some out and give it to the master of the feast.”
So the servants took the water to the master. 9When he tasted it, the water had become wine. He did not know where the wine came from. But the servants who brought the water knew. The master of the wedding called the bridegroom 10and said to him, “People always serve the best wine first. Later, after the guests have been drinking a lot, they serve the cheaper wine. But you have saved the best wine till now.”
11So in Cana of Galilee, Jesus did his first miracle. There he showed his glory, and his followers believed in him.
Jesus in the Temple
12Then Jesus went to the town of Capernaum with his mother, brothers and his followers. They all stayed in Capernaum for a few days. 13But it was almost time for the Jewish Passover Feast. So Jesus went to Jerusalem. 14In the Temple he found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves. He saw others sitting at tables, exchanging money. 15Jesus made a whip out of cords. Then he forced all these men, with the sheep and cattle, to leave the Temple. He turned over the tables and scattered the money of the men who were exchanging it. 16Then he said to those who were selling pigeons, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a place for buying and selling!”
17When this happened the followers remembered what was written in the Scriptures: “My strong love for your Temple completely controls me.”# Quotation from Psalm 69:9.
18The Jews said to Jesus, “Show us a miracle for a sign. Prove that you have the right to do these things.”
19Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and I will build it again in three days.”
20The Jews answered, “Men worked 46 years to build this Temple! Do you really believe you can build it again in three days?”
21(But the temple Jesus meant was his own body. 22After Jesus was raised from death, his followers remembered that Jesus had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the words Jesus said.)
23Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Feast. Many people believed in him because they saw the miracles he did. 24But Jesus did not believe in them because he knew them all. 25He did not need anyone to tell him about people. Jesus knew what was in a person’s mind.
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John 2
2
Water to Wine
1On the third day, there was a wedding at Cana in the Galilee. Yeshua’s mother was there,
2and Yeshua and His disciples were also invited to the wedding.
3When the wine ran out, Yeshua’s mother said to Him, “They don’t have any wine!”
4Yeshua said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with you and Me? My hour hasn’t come yet.”
5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
6Now there were six stone jars, used for the Jewish ritual of purification, each holding two to three measures.
7Yeshua said to them, “Fill the jars with water!” So they filled them up to the top.
8Then He said to them, “Take some water out, and give it to the headwaiter.” And they brought it.
9Now the headwaiter did not know where it had come from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. As the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, he calls the bridegroom
10and says to him, “Everyone brings out the good wine first, and whenever they are drunk, then the worse. But you’ve reserved the good wine until now!”
11Yeshua did this, the first of the signs, in Cana of the Galilee—He revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
Yeshua Purges the Temple
12After this Yeshua went down to Capernaum with His mother, brothers, and disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
13The Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Yeshua went up to Jerusalem.
14In the Temple, He found the merchants selling oxen, sheep, and doves; also the moneychangers sitting there.
15Then He made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the Temple, both the sheep and oxen. He dumped out the coins of the moneychangers and overturned their tables.
16To those selling doves, He said, “Get these things out of here! Stop making My Father’s house a marketplace!”
17His disciples remembered that it is written, “Zeal for your House will consume Me!”
18The Judean leaders responded, “What sign do You show us, since You are doing these things?”
19“Destroy this Temple,” Yeshua answered them, “and in three days I will raise it up.”
20The Judean leaders then said to Him, “Forty-six years this Temple was being built, and You will raise it up in three days?”
21But He was talking about the temple of His body.
22So after He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He was talking about this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Yeshua had spoken.
23Now when He was in Jerusalem for the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, seeing the signs He was doing.
24But Yeshua did not entrust Himself to them, because He knew all men.
25He did not need anyone to testify about man, for He knew what was in man.
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