John 2

Jesus Changes Water Into Wine

On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee
Jesus’ mother was there, attending
And Jesus and his disciples
Had also been invited to the wedding

When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him
“They have no more wine”
“Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied
“My hour has not yet come”

His mother said to the servants
“Do whatever he tells you”
Nearby stood six stone water jars
The kind used by the Jews

For ceremonial washing
Each holding from twenty to thirty gallons
“Fill the jars with water”
Jesus said to the servants

So they filled them to the brim
“Now draw some out and take it”
Jesus told to the servants
“To the master of the banquet”

They did so, and the master of the banquet
Tasted the water that had been turned into wine
He did not realize where it had come from
Though the servants who had drawn the water knew, but everything ended fine

Then he called the bridegroom aside and said
“Everyone brings out the choice wine first
And then the cheaper wine after the guests
Have had too much to drink; but you have saved till now the best”

What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee
Was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory
And his disciples believed in him
And this calm down all their worries

After this he went down to Capernaum
With his disciples, his mother and brothers
There they stayed for a few days
One day after another

Jesus Clears the Temple Courts
When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover
Jesus went up to Jerusalem, city of honey
In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves
And others sitting at tables exchanging money

So he made a whip out of cords
And drove all from the temple courts
Both sheep and cattle and overturned the tables
And scattered the money changers coins

“Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!”
To those who sold doves he said
“Zeal for your house will consume me”
It was written and his disciples remembered that

The Jews then responded to him
“What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”
Jesus answered them
“Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days”

They replied
“It has taken forty-six years to build this temple
And you are going to raise it in three days?
The whole building?”

But the temple he had spoken of was his body
After he was raised from the dead
His disciples believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken
As they recalled what he had said

Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival
Many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name
But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people
He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person both now and then