Thematic Bible




John 2:1 (show verse)

On the third day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and

John 2:2 (show verse)

Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding as well.

John 2:3 (show verse)

When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother told Him, “They don’t have any wine.”

John 2:4 (show verse)

“What has this concern of yours to do with Me, woman?” Jesus asked. “My hour has not yet come.”

John 2:5 (show verse)

“Do whatever He tells you,” His mother told the servants.

John 2:6 (show verse)

Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification. Each contained 20 or 30 gallons.

John 2:7 (show verse)

“Fill the jars with water,” Jesus told them. So they filled them to the brim.

John 2:8 (show verse)

Then He said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the chief servant.” And they did.

John 2:9 (show verse)

When the chief servant tasted the water (after it had become wine), he did not know where it came from—though the servants who had drawn the water knew. He called the groom

John 2:10 (show verse)

and told him, “Everyone sets out the fine wine first, then, after people have drunk freely, the inferior. But you have kept the fine wine until now.”

John 2:11 (show verse)

Jesus performed this first sign in Cana of Galilee. He displayed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

John 2:12 (show verse)

After this, He went down to Capernaum, together with His mother, His brothers, and His disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.

John 2:13 (show verse)

The Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 2:14 (show verse)

In the temple complex He found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and He also found the money changers sitting there.

John 2:15 (show verse)

After making a whip out of cords, He drove everyone out of the temple complex with their sheep and oxen. He also poured out the money changers’ coins and overturned the tables.

John 2:16 (show verse)

He told those who were selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

John 2:17 (show verse)

And His disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal for Your house will consume Me.

John 2:18 (show verse)

So the Jews replied to Him, “What sign of authority will You show us for doing these things?”

John 2:19 (show verse)

Jesus answered, “Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it up in three days.”

John 2:20 (show verse)

Therefore the Jews said, “This sanctuary took 46 years to build, and will You raise it up in three days?”

John 2:21 (show verse)

But He was speaking about the sanctuary of His body.

John 2:22 (show verse)

So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. And they believed the Scripture and the statement Jesus had made.

John 2:23 (show verse)

While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many trusted in His name when they saw the signs He was doing.

John 2:24 (show verse)

Jesus, however, would not entrust Himself to them, since He knew them all

John 2:25 (show verse)

and because He did not need anyone to testify about man; for He Himself knew what was in man.