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 the third day a marriage happened 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 also Jesus was called, and his disciples, 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 having failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, `Wine they have not;'

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 saith to her, `What -- to me and to thee, woman? not yet is mine hour come.'

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

His mother saith to the ministrants, `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.

And there were there six water-jugs of stone, placed according to the purifying of the Jews, holding each two or three measures.

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

Jesus saith to them, `Fill the water-jugs with water;' and they filled them -- unto 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 saith to them, `Draw out, now, and bear to the director of the apartment;' and they bare.

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.

And as the director of the apartment tasted the water become wine, and knew not whence it is, (but the ministrants knew, who have drawn the water,) the director of the feast doth call 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 saith to him, `Every man, at first, the good wine doth set forth; and when they may have drunk freely, then the inferior; thou didst keep 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 the signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in 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 went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples; and there they remained 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 nigh, 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 those selling 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 whip of small cords, he put all forth out of the temple, also the sheep, and the oxen; and of the money-changers he poured out the coins, and the tables he overthrew,

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 to those selling the doves he said, `Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father 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

And his disciples remembered that it is written, `The zeal of Thy house did eat me up;'

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 then answered and said to him, `What sign dost thou shew to us -- that thou dost 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 sanctuary, 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 sanctuary building, and wilt thou in three days raise it up?'

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

but he spake concerning the sanctuary 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, then, he was raised out of the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this to them, and they believed the Writing, and the word that Jesus said.

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 as he was in Jerusalem, in the passover, in the feast, many believed in his name, beholding his signs that he was doing;

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

and Jesus himself was not trusting himself to them, because of his knowing all,

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

and because he had no need that any should testify concerning man, for he himself was knowing what was in man.