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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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/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="/bmc//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="/john/">John</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 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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/john/2.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/john/2.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/john/2.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/john/2.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/john/2.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/john/2.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/john/2.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Wedding at Cana<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.” <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Woman, why does this concern us?”</span> Jesus replied. <span class="red">“My hour has not yet come.”</span> <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.” <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Jesus told the servants, <span class="red">“Fill the jars with water.”</span> <p class="reg"> So they filled them to the brim. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Now draw some out,”</span> He said, <span class="red">“and take it to the master of the banquet.”</span> <p class="reg"> They did so, <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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 <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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!” <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him. <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 class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>In the temple courts<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>To those selling doves He said, <span class="red">“Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”</span> <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?” <A name="20"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Jesus answered, <span class="red">“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”</span> <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?” <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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. <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Greek <i>two or three metretae</i><span class="thin"> </span>; that is, approximately 20.8 to 31.2 gallons (78.8 to 118.1 liters)<br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Literally <i>the temple</i><span class="thin"> </span>; also in verse 15<br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <a href="../psalms/69.htm#9">Psalm 69:9</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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