John 2:1-16 ▼

1 And on the third day a wedding came to pass in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there,

2 and Jesus also was invited, and His disciples, to the wedding.

3 And the wine having fallen short, the mother of Jesus says to Him, “They have no wine.”

4 And Jesus says to her, “What is it to Me and to you, woman? My hour is not yet come.”

5 His mother says to the servants, “Whatever He may say to you?, do it.”

6 Now there were six stone water jars lying there, according to the purification of the Jews, having space for two or three metretae.

7 Jesus says to them, “Fill the water jars with water.” And they filled them up to the top.

8 And He says to them, “Draw some out now and carry it to the master of the feast.” And they carried it.

9 And as the master of the feast tasted the water that has become wine, and he did not know from where it is—but the servants having drawn the water knew—the master of the feast calls the bridegroom

10 and says to him, “Every man first sets out the good wine, and when they might have become drunk, the inferior; you have kept the good wine until now.”

11 This was the beginning of the signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and He revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

12 After this, He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples, and there they stayed not many days.

13 And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

14 And He found in the temple those selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting.

15 And having made a whip out of cords, He cast out all from the temple, both sheep and oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned the tables.

16 And to those selling the doves He said, “Take these from here! Do not make the house of My Father a house of trade!”