John, 2

1. On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there,

1. On the third day there was a marriage at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;

2. and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited.

2. Jesus also was invited to the marriage, with his disciples.

3. And they ran out of wine, since the wine provided for the feast had all been used, and the mother of Jesus said to him, 'They have no wine.'

3. When the wine failed, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine."

4. Jesus said, 'Woman, what do you want from me? My hour has not come yet.'

4. And Jesus said to her, "O woman, what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come."

5. His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever he tells you.'

5. His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."

6. There were six stone water jars standing there, meant for the ablutions that are customary among the Jews: each could hold twenty or thirty gallons.

6. Now six stone jars were standing there, for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.

7. Jesus said to the servants, 'Fill the jars with water,' and they filled them to the brim.

7. Jesus said to them, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim.

8. Then he said to them, 'Draw some out now and take it to the president of the feast.'

8. He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the steward of the feast." So they took it.

9. They did this; the president tasted the water, and it had turned into wine. Having no idea where it came from -- though the servants who had drawn the water knew -- the president of the feast called the bridegroom

9. When the steward of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward of the feast called the bridegroom

10. and said, 'Everyone serves good wine first and the worse wine when the guests are well wined; but you have kept the best wine till now.'

10. and said to him, "Every man serves the good wine first; and when men have drunk freely, then the poor wine; but you have kept the good wine until now."

11. This was the first of Jesus' signs: it was at Cana in Galilee. He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

11. This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

12. After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, but they stayed there only a few days.

12. After this he went down to Caper'na-um, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples; and there they stayed for a few days.

13. When the time of the Jewish Passover was near Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

13. The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

14. and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting there.

14. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers at their business.

15. Making a whip out of cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, sheep and cattle as well, scattered the money changers' coins, knocked their tables over

15. And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.

16. and said to the dove sellers, 'Take all this out of here and stop using my Father's house as a market.'

16. And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; you shall not make my Father's house a house of trade."

17. Then his disciples remembered the words of scripture: I am eaten up with zeal for your house.

17. His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for thy house will consume me."

18. The Jews intervened and said, 'What sign can you show us that you should act like this?'

18. The Jews then said to him, "What sign have you to show us for doing this?"

19. Jesus answered, 'Destroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise it up.'

19. Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."

20. The Jews replied, 'It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple: are you going to raise it up again in three days?'

20. The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?"

21. But he was speaking of the Temple that was his body,

21. But he spoke of the temple of his body.

22. and when Jesus rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and what he had said.

22. When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

23. During his stay in Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he did,

23. Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did;

24. but Jesus knew all people and did not trust himself to them;

24. but Jesus did not trust himself to them,

25. he never needed evidence about anyone; he could tell what someone had within.

25. because he knew all men and needed no one to bear witness of man; for he himself knew what was in man.