Jesus
Changes
Water Into
Wine
1
On the
third day
a wedding
took place
at Cana in
Galilee.
Jesus’
mother was
there,
2 and
Jesus and
his
disciples
had also
been
invited to
the
wedding.
3 When the
wine was
gone,
Jesus’
mother
said to
him, “They
have no
more
wine.”
4 “Woman,
why do you
involve
me?” Jesus
replied.
“My hour
has not
yet come.”
5 His
mother
said to
the
servants,
“Do
whatever
he tells
you.”
6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
7 Jesus
said to
the
servants,
“Fill the
jars with
water”; so
they
filled
them to
the brim.
8 Then he
told them,
“Now draw
some out
and take
it to the
master of
the
banquet.”
They did
so,
9 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. Then
he called
the
bridegroom
aside
10 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
the best
till now.”
11 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.
12 After
this he
went down
to
Capernaum
with his
mother and
brothers
and his
disciples.
There they
stayed for
a few
days.
Jesus
Clears the
Temple
Courts
13 When it
was almost
time for
the Jewish
Passover,
Jesus went
up to
Jerusalem.
14 In the
temple
courts he
found
people
selling
cattle,
sheep and
doves, and
others
sitting at
tables
exchanging
money.
15 So
he made a
whip out
of cords,
and drove
all from
the temple
courts,
both sheep
and
cattle; he
scattered
the coins
of the
money
changers
and
overturned
their
tables.
16 To
those who
sold doves
he said,
“Get these
out of
here! Stop
turning my
Father’s
house into
a market!”
17 His
disciples
remembered
that it is
written:
“Zeal for
your house
will
consume
me.”
18 The
Jews then
responded
to him,
“What sign
can you
show us to
prove your
authority
to do all
this?”
19 Jesus
answered
them,
“Destroy
this
temple,
and I will
raise it
again in
three
days.”
20 They
replied,
“It has
taken
forty-six
years to
build this
temple,
and you
are going
to raise
it in
three
days?”
21 But
the temple
he had
spoken of
was his
body.
22 After
he was
raised
from the
dead, his
disciples
recalled
what he
had said.
Then they
believed
the
scripture
and the
words that
Jesus had
spoken.
23 Now
while he
was in
Jerusalem
at the
Passover
Festival,
many
people saw
the signs
he was
performing
and
believed
in his
name.
24 But
Jesus
would not
entrust
himself to
them, for
he knew
all
people.
25 He did
not need
any
testimony
about
mankind,
for he
knew what
was in
each
person.