2John 2

The Wedding in Cana

1Two days later there was a wedding in the town of Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,Select John 2:1

2and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.Select John 2:2

3When the wine had given out, Jesus' mother said to him, “They are out of wine.”Select John 2:3

4“You must not tell me what to do,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”Select John 2:4

5Jesus' mother then told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”Select John 2:5

6The Jews have rules about ritual washing, and for this purpose six stone water jars were there, each one large enough to hold between twenty and thirty gallons.Select John 2:6

7Jesus said to the servants, “Fill these jars with water.” They filled them to the brim,Select John 2:7

8and then he told them, “Now draw some water out and take it to the man in charge of the feast.” They took him the water,Select John 2:8

9which now had turned into wine, and he tasted it. He did not know where this wine had come from (but, of course, the servants who had drawn out the water knew); so he called the bridegroomSelect John 2:9

10and said to him, “Everyone else serves the best wine first, and after the guests have drunk a lot, he serves the ordinary wine. But you have kept the best wine until now!”Select John 2:10

11Jesus performed this first miracle in Cana in Galilee; there he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.Select John 2:11

12After this, Jesus and his mother, brothers, and disciples went to Capernaum and stayed there a few days.Select John 2:12

Jesus Goes to the Temple

13It was almost time for the Passover Festival, so Jesus went to Jerusalem.Select John 2:13

14There in the Temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and pigeons, and also the moneychangers sitting at their tables.Select John 2:14

15So he made a whip from cords and drove all the animals out of the Temple, both the sheep and the cattle; he overturned the tables of the moneychangers and scattered their coins;Select John 2:15

16and he ordered those who sold the pigeons, “Take them out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!”Select John 2:16

17His disciples remembered that the scripture says, “My devotion to your house, O God, burns in me like a fire.”Select John 2:17

18The Jewish authorities came back at him with a question, “What miracle can you perform to show us that you have the right to do this?”Select John 2:18

19Jesus answered, “Tear down this Temple, and in three days I will build it again.”Select John 2:19

20“Are you going to build it again in three days?” they asked him. “It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple!”Select John 2:20

21But the temple Jesus was speaking about was his body.Select John 2:21

22So when he was raised from death, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and what Jesus had said.Select John 2:22

Jesus' Knowledge of Human Nature

23While Jesus was in Jerusalem during the Passover Festival, many believed in him as they saw the miracles he performed.Select John 2:23

24But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew them all.Select John 2:24

25There was no need for anyone to tell him about them, because he himself knew what was in their hearts.Select John 2:25