Thematic Bible

John 2:1

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;

John 2:2

and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.

John 2:3

When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus *said to Him, “They have no wine.”

John 2:4

And Jesus *said to her, Woman, what does that have to do with us? My hour has not yet come.”

John 2:5

His mother *said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”

John 2:6

Now there were six stone waterpots set there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing twenty or thirty gallons each.

John 2:7

Jesus *said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” So they filled them up to the brim.

John 2:8

And He *said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.” So they took it to him.

John 2:9

When the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the bridegroom,

John 2:10

and *said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first, and when the people have drunk freely, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.”

John 2:11

This beginning of His signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

John 2:12

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

John 2:13

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

John 2:14

And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.

John 2:15

And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables;

John 2:16

and to those who were selling the doves He said, “Take these things away; stop making My Father’s house a place of business.”

John 2:17

His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house will consume me.”

John 2:18

The Jews then said to Him, “What sign do You show us as your authority for doing these things?”

John 2:19

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

John 2:20

The Jews then said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”

John 2:21

But He was speaking of the temple of His body.

John 2:22

So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

John 2:23

Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, observing His signs which He was doing.

John 2:24

But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men,

John 2:25

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