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| 2 | John |
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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) - |
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and Jesus and his disciples were guests also. | |
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The wine gave out, so Jesus's mother said to him, 'They have no wine left.' | |
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He answered, 'Your concern, mother, is not mine. My hour has not yet come.' | |
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His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever he tells you.' | |
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There were six stone water-jars standing near, of the kind used for Jewish rites of purification; each held from twenty to thirty gallons. | |
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Jesus said to the servants, 'Fill the jars with water', and they filled them to the brim. | |
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'Now draw some off', he ordered, 'and take it to the steward of the feast'; and they did so. | |
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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 | |
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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.'
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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.
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AFTER THIS he went down to Capernaum in company with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, but they did not stay there long. | |
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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 |
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There he found in the temple the dealers in cattle, sheep, and pigeons, and the money-changers seated at their tables. | |
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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. | |
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Then he turned on the dealers in pigeons: 'Take them out,' he said; 'you must not turn my Father's house into a market.' | |
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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 |
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The Jews challenged Jesus: 'What sign', they asked, 'can you show as authority for your action?' | |
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'Destroy this temple,' Jesus replied, 'and in three days I will raise it again.' | |
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They said, 'It has taken forty-six years to build this temple. Are you going to raise it again in three days?' | |
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But the temple he was speaking of was his body. | |
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After his resurrection his disciples recalled what he had said, and they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
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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) - |
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But Jesus for his part would not trust himself to them. He knew men so well, all of them, | |
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that he needed no evidence from others about a man, for he himself could tell what was in a man.
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