John 2
1 On the third day, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and Jesus’ mother was there.
2 Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.
3 When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no wine.”
4 Jesus said to her, “What is there between me and you, woman? My hour has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Six stone jars were standing there for the Jews’ purification rites, each holding two or three measures.
7 Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them to the brim.
8 Then he said, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” And they took it.
9 When the master of the feast tasted the water that had become wine, he did not know where it came from—but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then the master of the feast called the bridegroom.
10 He said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have had too much to drink, the inferior wine. You have kept the good wine until now.”
11 Jesus performed this first sign in Cana of Galilee and revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
12 After this, he went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.
13 The Jewish Passover was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 In the temple, he found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and the money changers sitting there.
15 So he made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple, along with the sheep and oxen. He scattered the money changers’ coins and overturned their tables.
16 He said to those selling doves, “Take these things away! Do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.”
17 His disciples remembered that it is written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
18 Then the Jews asked him, “What sign can you show us to justify doing these things?”
19 Jesus answered, “Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.”
20 The Jews said, “This sanctuary took forty-six years to build, and you will raise it up in three days?”
21 But he was speaking about the sanctuary of his body.
22 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.
23 While he was in Jerusalem for the Passover festival, many believed in his name as they saw the signs he was performing.
24 But Jesus himself did not entrust himself to them, because he knew everyone.
25 He also did not need anyone to testify about human beings, because he himself knew what was in a human being.
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