John 2
New Living Translation
Chapter overview
Jesus turns water into wine at a Cana wedding, revealing his glory to the disciples. In Jerusalem he drives commerce from the temple courts, speaks of raising the temple of his body, and knows what is within people.
Wedding at CanaFirst signTemple cleansingJesus’ authority
1The next day there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
2and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration.
3The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no more wine.”
4“Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”
5But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6Standing nearby were six stone water jars, used for Jewish ceremonial washing. Each could hold twenty to thirty gallons.
7Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” When the jars had been filled,
8he said, “Now dip some out, and take it to the master of ceremonies.” So the servants followed his instructions.
9When the master of ceremonies tasted the water that was now wine, not knowing where it had come from (though, of course, the servants knew), he called the bridegroom over.
10“A host always serves the best wine first,” he said. “Then, when everyone has had a lot to drink, he brings out the less expensive wine. But you have kept the best until now!”
11This miraculous sign at Cana in Galilee was the first time Jesus revealed his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
12After the wedding he went to Capernaum for a few days with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples.
13It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Jerusalem.
14In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices; he also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money.
15Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out of the Temple. He drove out the sheep and cattle, scattered the money changers’ coins over the floor, and turned over their tables.
16Then, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, “Get these things out of here. Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!”
17Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: “Passion for God’s house will consume me.”
18But the Jewish leaders demanded, “What are you doing? If God gave you authority to do this, show us a miraculous sign to prove it.”
19“All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
20“What!” they exclaimed. “It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can rebuild it in three days?”
21But when Jesus said “this temple,” he meant his own body.
22After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.
23Because of the miraculous signs Jesus did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many began to trust in him.
24But Jesus didn’t trust them, because he knew all about people.
25No one needed to tell him about human nature, for he knew what was in each person’s heart.
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