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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 NLT</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="../">NLT</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 class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/john/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Wedding at Cana</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The next day<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no more wine.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="red">“Dear woman, that’s not our problem,”</span> Jesus replied. <span class="red">“My time has not yet come.”</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Standing nearby were six stone water jars, used for Jewish ceremonial washing. Each could hold twenty to thirty gallons.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Jesus told the servants, <span class="red">“Fill the jars with water.”</span> When the jars had been filled, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>he said, <span class="red">“Now dip some out, and take it to the master of ceremonies.”</span> So the servants followed his instructions.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>When the master of ceremonies tasted the water that was now wine, not knowing where it had come from (though, of course, the servants knew), he called the bridegroom over. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“A host always serves the best wine first,” he said. “Then, when everyone has had a lot to drink, he brings out the less expensive wine. But you have kept the best until now!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>This miraculous sign at Cana in Galilee was the first time Jesus revealed his glory. And his disciples believed in him.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>After the wedding he went to Capernaum for a few days with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples.</p><p class="hdg">Jesus Clears the Temple</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices; he also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out of the Temple. He drove out the sheep and cattle, scattered the money changers’ coins over the floor, and turned over their tables. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, <span class="red">“Get these things out of here. Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!”</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: “Passion for God’s house will consume me.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But the Jewish leaders demanded, “What are you doing? If God gave you authority to do this, show us a miraculous sign to prove it.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">“All right,”</span> Jesus replied. <span class="red">“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“What!” they exclaimed. “It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can rebuild it in three days?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But when Jesus said “this temple,” he meant his own body. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.</p><p class="hdg">Jesus and Nicodemus</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Because of the miraculous signs Jesus did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many began to trust in him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But Jesus didn’t trust them, because he knew all about people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/john/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>No one needed to tell him about human nature, for he knew what was in each person’s heart.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">On the third day;</span><span class="ft"> see 1:35, 43.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:6 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">2 or 3 measures</span><span class="ft"> [75 to 113 liters].</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">“Concern for God’s house will be my undoing.”</span><span class="ft"> Ps 69:9.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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