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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 put their faith 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 human
testimony about them, for he knew what was in them.
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