1 T hree days later there was a wedding in the town of Cana in the country of Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there.

And on the third day a marriage took place in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

2 J esus and His followers were asked to come to the wedding.

And Jesus also, and his disciples, were invited to the marriage.

3 W hen the wine was all gone, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no more wine.”

And wine being deficient, the mother of Jesus says to him, They have no wine.

4 J esus said to her, “Woman, what is that to you and to Me. It is not time for Me to work yet.”

Jesus says to her, What have I to do with thee, woman? mine hour has not yet come.

5 H is mother said to the helpers, “Do whatever He says.”

His mother says to the servants, Whatever he may say to you, do.

6 S ix stone water jars were there. Each one held about one-half barrel of water. These water jars were used in the Jewish worship of washing.

Now there were standing there six stone water-vessels, according to the purification of the Jews, holding two or three measures each.

7 J esus said to the helpers, “Fill the jars with water.” They filled them to the top.

Jesus says to them, Fill the water-vessels with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

8 T hen He said, “Take some out and give it to the head man who is caring for the people.” They took some to him.

And he says to them, Draw out now, and carry to the feast-master. And they carried.

9 T he head man tasted the water that had become wine. He did not know where it came from but the helpers who took it to him knew. He called the man who had just been married.

But when the feast-master had tasted the water which had been made wine (and knew not whence it was, but the servants knew who drew the water), the feast-master calls the bridegroom,

10 T he head man said to him, “Everyone puts out his best wine first. After people have had much to drink, he puts out the wine that is not so good. You have kept the good wine until now!”

and says to him, Every man sets on first the good wine, and when have well drunk, then the inferior; thou hast kept the good wine till now.

11 T his was the first powerful work Jesus did. It was done in Cana of Galilee where He showed His power. His followers put their trust in Him.

This beginning of signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

12 A fter this He went down to the city of Capernaum. His mother and brothers and followers went with Him. They stayed there a few days. Jesus Stops the Buying and the Selling in the House of God

After this he descended to Capernaum, he and his mother and his brethren and his disciples; and there they abode not many days.

13 I t was time for the special religious gathering to remember how the Jews left Egypt. Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

And the passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

14 H e went into the house of God and found cattle and sheep and doves being sold. Men were sitting there changing money.

And he found in the temple the sellers of oxen and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting;

15 J esus made a whip of small ropes. He used it to make them all leave the house of God along with the sheep and cattle. He pushed their money off the tables and turned the tables over.

and, having made a scourge of cords, he cast all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the change of the money-changers, and overturned the tables,

16 H e said to those who sold doves, “Take these things out of here! You must not make My Father’s house a place for buying and selling!”

and said to the sellers of doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.

17 T hen His followers remembered that it was written in the Holy Writings, “I am jealous for the honor of Your house.” The Jews Ask for Something Special to See

his disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thy house devours me.

18 T hen the Jews asked Him, “What can You do to show us You have the right and the power to do these things?”

The Jews therefore answered and said to him, What sign shewest thou to us, that thou doest these things?

19 J esus answered them, “Destroy this house of God and in three days I will build it again.”

Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

20 T hen the Jews said, “It took forty-six years to build this house of God. Will You build it up in three days?”

The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple building, and thou wilt raise it up in three days?

21 J esus was speaking of His body as the house of God.

But he spoke of the temple of his body.

22 A fter Jesus had been raised from the dead, His followers remembered He said this. They believed the Holy Writings and what He had said.

When therefore he was raised from among dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

23 J esus was in Jerusalem at the time of the special religious gathering to remember how the Jews left Egypt. Many people put their trust in Him when they saw the powerful works He did.

And when he was in Jerusalem, at the passover, at the feast, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he wrought.

24 B ut Jesus did not trust them because He knew all men.

But Jesus himself did not trust himself to them, because he knew all,

25 H e did not need anyone to tell Him about man. He knew what was in man.

and that he had not need that any should testify of man, for himself knew what was in man.