John

¹The third day, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. ²Jesus also was invited with his disciples to the wedding. ³When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no wine.”

⁴Jesus said to her, “Woman, what [is that] to you and me? My hour has not yet come.”

⁵His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he tells you to do, do it.” ⁶Now six water jars made of stone were set there, meant for the rites of purification of the Jews, and they each contained two or three measures.^{1034 7}Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water!” So they filled them up to the brim. ⁸He then said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward of the feast.” And they did so. ⁹When the chief steward of the feast tasted the water now become wine (not knowing where it had come from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called the bridegroom ¹⁰and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and after the guests have drunk freely, then the inferior one. But you have kept the good wine until now!” ¹¹This, the beginning of his signs,¹⁰³⁵ Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee. He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed¹⁰³⁶ in him.

¹²After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, his brothers,¹⁰³⁷ and his disciples; and they did not stay there [more than] a few days.

A cleansing of the temple

¹³Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴In the temple, he found those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money changers sitting [at their booths]. ¹⁵So, he made a whip of cords and drove [them] all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; he also poured out the changers’ money and overthrew their tables. ¹⁶To those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Do not make my Father’s house a marketplace!” ¹⁷Then his disciples remembered that it was written:

“Zeal for your house will consume me.”¹⁰³⁸

¹⁸Therefore, the Jews declared, “What sign do you show us, since you do these things?”

¹⁹Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up!”¹⁰³⁹

²⁰The Jews then said, “It took forty-six years to build this sanctuary, and you will raise it up in three days?” ²¹(But he was speaking of the sanctuary of his body). ²²When 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 said.

²³Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many began to believe in his Name, observing the signs which he was performing. ²⁴But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew everyone, ²⁵and because he did not need a witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

Dialogue with Nicodemus—The new birth

1034. 2 to 3 measures (metretes) is about 20 to 30 gallons, or 75 to 115 liters
1035. The gospel of John uses the word “sign(s)” instead of “miracles”
1036. Or possibly “began to believe”
1037. See Appendix E
1038. Or “will devour me”—Psalm 69:9/68 LXX
1039. See Matthew 26:61