John 2

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and Jesus’ mother was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no wine.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with you and me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” Six stone water jars were standing there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding about twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water.” They filled them to the brim. Then he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” They took it. When the master of the banquet tasted the water that had become wine, he did not know where it came from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. He called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have become drunk, the inferior wine. You have kept the good wine until now.” Jesus performed this, the first of his signs, at Cana in Galilee. He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him. After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother, brothers, and disciples, and they stayed there a few days. The Jewish Passover was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and the money changers sitting there. He made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen. He poured out the money changers’ coins and overturned their tables. He said to those selling doves, “Take these things away! Do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” His disciples remembered that it is written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” The Jews answered him, “What sign do you show us, since you do these things?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews said, “This sanctuary was built in forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking about the sanctuary of his body. So when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word Jesus had spoken. While he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs he was doing. But Jesus himself did not entrust himself to them, because he knew everyone and did not need anyone to testify about humanity, for he himself knew what was in a human being.

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