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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>John 2 Mace New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/john/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/john/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Mace</a> > John 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/1.htm" title="John 1">◄</a> John 2 <a href="../john/3.htm" title="John 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Mace New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/john/2-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Wedding at Cana<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Three days after, there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee; where the mother of Jesus was present. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>as likewise Jesus and his disciples, who were all invited to the feast. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>now when the wine was out, the mother of Jesus said to him, they have no wine. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Jesus answer'd her, woman, leave that affair to me, is not that my concern? <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>upon which his mother bid the servants do whatever he should order. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>now there were six cisterns of stone plac'd there for the use of the Jews in their purifications, containing two or three firkins a-piece. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>these Jesus order'd the waiters to fill with water, so they filled them up to the brim. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>now fill out, said he, and carry it to the steward of the feast, which accordingly they did. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>as soon as the steward had tasted the water that was made wine, (for he did not know whence it came, but the servants who drew the water knew it,) he called the bridegroom, <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and said to him, 'tis usual to present the best wine first, and afterwards the worse, when the guests have drank pretty freely: but you have reserved the best wine to the last. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>thus was the first miracle of Jesus wrought at Cana in Galilee, by which he displayed his power; and his disciples believed on him.<p> <A name="13"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Cleanses the Temple<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/21.htm#12">Matthew 21:12–17</a>; <a href ="../mark/11.htm#15">Mark 11:15–19</a>; <a href ="../luke/19.htm#45">Luke 19:45–48</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>After this he went down to Capernaum, in company with his mother, his brethren, and his disciples: but they stay'd there only a few days.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>for the Jews passover being nigh, Jesus went up to Jerusalem, <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>where he found in the temple those that sold oxen, sheep, and doves, besides the changers of money, who were sitting there. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>upon which he made a whip of small cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with their sheep, and oxen; and threw about the changers money, and over-set the tables; and said to the dove-sellers, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>away with these things; make not my father's house a market-house. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>which put his disciples in mind of that passage, "my zeal for thine house does prey upon me." <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>whereupon the Jews said, what miracle can you show to justify your behaviour? <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Jesus answered them, saying, destroy this temple, and within three days I will raise it up. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>to this said the Jews, forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>but by the temple he meant his body. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and when he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembred that expression of his: and they believed the scripture, and what Jesus had said.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Now whilst he was in Jerusalem at the feast of the passover, many believed in him when they saw the miracles which he did. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>but Jesus did not trust his person with them, because he knew them all. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and he did not want any information concerning man: for he knew of himself the secret of their hearts.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Daniel Mace New Testament (1729)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../john/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../john/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>