John 2:13-25

Since it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went on to Jerusalem. In the Temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves; and money-changers sitting at their tables. He made a whip out of cords and drove everyone out of the Temple, along with the sheep and cattle, scattering coins of the money-changers and turning over their tables. He ordered the dove-sellers, “Take these things out of here! Don't turn my Father's house into a market!” His disciples remembered the Scripture that says, “My devotion for your house is like a fire burning inside me!” The Jewish leaders reacted, asking him, “What right do you have to do this? Show us some miraculous sign to prove it!” Jesus replied, “Destroy this Temple, and in three days I'll raise it up!” “It took forty-six years to build this Temple, and you're going to raise it up in three days?” the Jewish leaders replied. But the Temple Jesus was speaking of was his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered what he said, and so they believed in Scripture and Jesus' own words. As a result of the miracles Jesus did while he was in Jerusalem during the Passover, many believed in him. But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all about people. He didn't need anyone to tell him about human nature for he knew the way people think.