John 2
1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
Two days after this there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and Jesus’ mother was there.
2 and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
Jesus himself, too, with his disciples, was invited to the wedding.
3 When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”
And, when the wine ran short, his mother said to him, “They have no wine left.”
4 “Woman, why does this concern us?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
“What do you want with me?” answered Jesus. “My time has not come yet.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
There were standing there six stone water-jars, in accordance with the Jewish rule of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
7 Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.
Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the water-jars with water.”
8 “Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,
And, when they had filled them to the brim, he added, “Now take some out, and carry it to the Master of the feast.” The servants did so.
9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
And, when the Master of the feast had tasted the water which had now become wine, not knowing where it had come from – although the servants who had taken out the water knew –
10 and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
He called the groom and said to him, “Everyone puts good wine on the table first, and inferior wine afterward, when his guests have drunk freely; but you have kept back the good wine till now!”
11 Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
This, the first sign of his mission, Jesus gave at Cana in Galilee, and by it revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
12 After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum – he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; but they stayed there only a few days.
13 When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Then, as the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
In the Temple Courts he found people who were selling bullocks, sheep, and pigeons, and the money changers at their counters.
15 So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
So he made a whip of cords, and drove them all out of the Temple Courts, and the sheep and bullocks as well; he scattered the money of the money changers, and overturned their tables,
16 To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
and said to the pigeon-dealers, “Take these things away. Do not turn my Father’s house into a market house.”
17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
His disciples remembered that scripture said – ‘Passion for your house will consume me.’
18 On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
Then some of the religious authorities asked Jesus, “What sign are you going to show us, since you act in this way?”
19 Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
“Destroy this temple,” was his answer, “and I will raise it in three days.”
20 “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
“This Temple,” the authorities replied, “has been forty-six years in building, and are you going to ‘raise it in three days’?”
21 But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.
But Jesus was speaking of his body as a temple.
22 After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
Afterward, when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the passage of scripture, and the words which Jesus had spoken.
23 While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
While Jesus was in Jerusalem, during the Passover Festival, many came to trust in him, when they saw the signs of his mission that he was giving.
24 But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.
But Jesus did not put himself in their power because he knew what was in their hearts.
25 He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.
He did not need anyone to tell him about people because he could read what was in them.
