2 Jesus at a Wedding in Cana
Three days later Mary, the mother of Jesus, was at a wedding feast in the
village of Cana in Galilee. 2 Jesus and his disciples had also been invited and
were there.
3 When the wine was all gone, Mary said to Jesus, "They don't have any
more wine."
4 Jesus replied "Mother, my time has not yet come!(i) You must not
tell me what to do."
5 Mary then said to the servants, "Do whatever Jesus tells you to do."
6 At the feast there were six stone water jars that were used by the people for
washing themselves in the way that their religion said they must. Each jar held
about eighty or a hundred litres.
7 Jesus told the servants to fill them to the top with water. Then after
the jars had been filled, 8 he said, "Now take some water and give it to
the man in charge of the feast." The servants did as Jesus told them, 9 and
the man in charge drank some of the water that had now turned into wine. He did
not know where the wine had come from, but the servants did. He called the
bridegroom over 10 and said, "The best wine is always served first. Then
after the guests have had plenty, the other wine is served. But you have kept
the best until last!"
11 This was Jesus' first miracle,(j) and he did it in the village of Cana
in Galilee. There Jesus showed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in
him. 12 After this, he he went with his mother to, his brothers, and his
disciples to the town of Capernaum, where they stayed for a few days.
(i) my time has not yet come!: The time when the true glory of
Jesus would be seen, and he would be recognised as God's Son. see 12.23. (j)
miracle: The Greek text has "sign." In the Gospel of John the word "sign"
is used for the miracle itself and as a way of pointing to Jesus as the Son of
God.
Jesus in the Temple
(Matthew 21.12, 13; Mark 11.15-17; Luke 19.45, 46)
13 Not long before the Jewish festival of the passover, Jesus went to
Jerusalem. 14 There he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves in the
temple. He also saw money changers sitting at their tables. 15 So he took some
rope and made a whip. Then he chased everyone out of the temple, together with
their sheep and cattle. He turned over the tables of the moneychangers and
scattered their coins.
16 Jesus said to the people who had been selling doves, "Get those
doves out of here! Don't make my Father's house a marketplace."
17 The disciples then remembered that the scriptures say, "My love
for your house burns in me like a fire." 18 The Jewish leaders asked Jesus,
"What miracle,(j) will you work to show us why you have done this?"
19 "Destroy this temple," Jesus answered, "and in three days
I will build it again!" 20 The leaders replied, "It took forty-six
years to build this temple. What makes you think you can rebuild it in three
days?"
21 But Jesus was talking about his body as a temple. 22 And when he was
raised from death, his disciples remembered what he had told them. Then they
believed the Scriptures and the words of Jesus.
Jesus Knows What People Are Like.
23 In Jerusalem during the Passover many people put their faith in Jesus,
because they saw him work miracles.(j) 24 But Jesus knew what was in their
hearts, and he would not let them have power over him. 25 No one had to tell him
what people were like. He already knew.
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