| 2 | John | ||
| 1 | ON THE THIRD DAY there was a wedding at Cana-in-Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there, | The Wedding at Cana Jn.2.1-12 (Cana) - | |
| 2 | and Jesus and his disciples were guests also. | ||
| 3 | The wine gave out, so Jesus's mother said to him, 'They have no wine left.' | ||
| 4 | He answered, 'Your concern, mother, is not mine. My hour has not yet come.' | ||
| 5 | His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever he tells you.' | ||
| 6 | There were six stone water-jars standing near, of the kind used for Jewish rites of purification; each held from twenty to thirty gallons. | ||
| 7 | Jesus said to the servants, 'Fill the jars with water', and they filled them to the brim. | ||
| 8 | 'Now draw some off', he ordered, 'and take it to the steward of the feast'; and they did so. | ||
| 9 | The steward tasted the water now turned into wine, not knowing its source; though the servants who had drawn the water knew. He hailed the bridegroom | ||
| 10 | and said, 'Everyone serves the best wine first, and waits until the guests have drunk freely before serving the poorer sort; but you have kept the best wine till now.' | ||
| 11 | This deed at Cana-in-Galilee is the first of the signs by which Jesus revealed his glory and led his disciples to believe in him. | ||
| 12 | AFTER THIS he went down to Capernaum in company with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, but they did not stay there long. | ||
| 13 | As it was near the time of the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. | The Cleansing of the Temple Jn.2.13-22 (Jerusalem) -[ Jn.2.13-22 → ] - Mt.21.12-13, Mk.11.15-17, Lk.19.45-46 | |
| 14 | There he found in the temple the dealers in cattle, sheep, and pigeons, and the money-changers seated at their tables. | ||
| 15 | Jesus made a whip of cords and drove them out of the temple, sheep, cattle, and all. He upset the tables of the money-changers, scattering their coins. | ||
| 16 | Then he turned on the dealers in pigeons: 'Take them out,' he said; 'you must not turn my Father's house into a market.' | ||
| 17 | His disciples recalled the words of Scripture, 'Zeal for thy house will destroy me.' | - Zeal for thy house will consume me Jn.2.17 - Ps.69.9 | |
| 18 | The Jews challenged Jesus: 'What sign', they asked, 'can you show as authority for your action?' | ||
| 19 | 'Destroy this temple,' Jesus replied, 'and in three days I will raise it again.' | ||
| 20 | They said, 'It has taken forty-six years to build this temple. Are you going to raise it again in three days?' | ||
| 21 | But the temple he was speaking of was his body. | ||
| 22 | After his resurrection his disciples recalled what he had said, and they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken. | ||
| 23 | WHILE HE WAS in Jerusalem for Passover many gave their allegiance to him when they saw the signs that he performed. | Jesus Knows All Men Jn.2.23-25 (Jerusalem) - | |
| 24 | But Jesus for his part would not trust himself to them. He knew men so well, all of them, | ||
| 25 | that he needed no evidence from others about a man, for he himself could tell what was in a man. | ||
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