< John 2 >
1 And [on] the third day a wedding happened in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there,
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
2 and also Jesus was called, and His disciples, to the wedding;
and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
3 and wine having failed, the mother of Jesus says to Him, “They have no wine”;
When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”
4 Jesus says to her, “What [is that] to Me and to you, woman? My hour is not yet come.”
“Woman, why does this concern us?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
5 His mother says to the servants, “Whatever He may say to you—do.”
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
6 And there were six water-jugs of stone there, placed according to the purifying of the Jews, holding each two or three measures.
Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
7 Jesus says to them, “Fill the water-jugs with water”; and they filled them—to the brim;
Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.
8 and He says to them, “Draw out, now, and carry to the headwaiter”; and they bore.
“Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,
9 And as the headwaiter tasted the water become wine, and did not know where it is from (but the servants knew, who have drawn the water), the headwaiter calls the bridegroom,
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
10 and says to him, “Every man, at first, sets forth the good wine; and when they may have drunk freely, then the inferior; you kept the good wine until now.”
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!”
11 This [is the] beginning of the signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him;
Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
12 after this He went down to Capernaum, He, and His mother, and His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not remain there many days.
After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
13 And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 and He found in the temple those selling oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the money-changers sitting,
In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
15 and having made a whip of small cords, He put all forth out of the temple, also the sheep, and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money-changers, and He overthrew the tables,
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.
16 and He said to those selling the doves, “Take these things from here; do not make the house of My Father a house of merchandise.”
To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
17 And His disciples remembered that it is written: “The zeal of Your house ate Me up”;
His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
18 the Jews then answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us—that You do these things?”
On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
20 The Jews, therefore, said, “This temple was built [in] forty-six years, and will You raise it up in three days?”
“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
21 But He spoke concerning the temple of His body;
But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.
22 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.
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.
23 And as He was in Jerusalem, in the Passover, in the celebration, many believed in His Name, beholding His signs that He was doing;
While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
24 and Jesus Himself was not trusting Himself to them, because of His knowing all [men],
But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.
25 and because He had no need that any should testify concerning man, for He Himself was knowing what was in man.
He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.