The Wedding at Cana
1On the third day there was a wedding at Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3They had no wine, for the wedding wine had run out. Then the mother of Jesus said to him, “There is no wine.” 4Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” 5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 6Standing there were six stone water jars, of the kind used for the purification of the Jews, each holding two or three measures. 7Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water.” They filled them to the brim. 8Then he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the steward of the banquet.” They took it to him. 9The steward tasted the water now turned to wine, not knowing where it had come from — though the servants who had drawn the water knew. He called the bridegroom 10and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and brings out the lesser wine once the guests have drunk freely. You have kept the good wine until now.” 11This, the beginning of his signs, Jesus did at Cana of Galilee. He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him. 12After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.
The Cleansing of the Temple
13The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14In the temple he found the sellers of oxen, sheep, and doves, and the money-changers sitting at their business. 15He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple, sheep and oxen alike; he scattered the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16To the dove-sellers he said, “Get these out of here. Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace.” 17His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.” 18At this the Jews responded, “What sign can you show us for doing these things?” 19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20The Jews said, “This temple took forty-six years to build, and you will raise it up in three days?” 21But the temple he was speaking of was his own body. 22So when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word Jesus had spoken. 23While he was in Jerusalem for the Passover festival, many believed in his name as they watched the signs he was doing. 24But Jesus, for his part, did not entrust himself to them, because he knew them all, 25and he had no need for anyone to tell him about people: he himself knew what was inside each person.
