The Wedding at Cana 2 UDB Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. BSB BSB: and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
3 UDB After a while, all the wine was gone. Jesus's mother said to him, "They are out of wine." BSB BSB: When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”
4 UDB Jesus said to her, "Madam, what does that have to do with me? The chosen time to begin my most important work has not yet come." BSB BSB: “Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
6 UDB Six empty stone jars were there. They held water so that the guests and servants could wash their hands and feet, and so that other Jewish rites of cleansing could be done. Each jar could hold 75 to 115 liters. BSB BSB: Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
7 UDB Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water!" So they filled the jars to the brim. BSB BSB: Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.
8 UDB Then he told them, "Now, draw some water out of a jar and take it to the director of the feast." So the servants did that. BSB BSB: “Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,
9 UDB The director of the feast tasted the water, which had now become wine. He did not know where the wine had come from, although the servants knew. So he called the bridegroom to himself. BSB BSB: and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
10 UDB And the director of the feast said to the bridegroom, "Everyone serves the best wine first, and later when the guests have drunk a lot and the best is gone, then they serve the cheap wine. But you have kept the best wine until now." BSB BSB: and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
11 UDB That was the first miracle Jesus did, one that signified truth about Jesus. He did it in the village of Cana, in the region of Galilee. There he showed that he could do amazing things. So the disciples trusted in him. BSB BSB: Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
Jesus Cleanses the Temple (Matthew 21:12–17; Mark 11:15–19; Luke 19:45–48)
12 UDB After this Jesus and his mother and brothers, along with his disciples, went down to the city of Capernaum, and they stayed there a few days. BSB BSB: After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
13 UDB Now it was almost time for the Jewish Passover Celebration. Jesus and his disciples went up to Jerusalem. BSB BSB: When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 UDB There in the temple courtyard he saw men selling cattle, sheep, and pigeons. The animals were sold to those who were making their sacrifices at the temple. He also saw men sitting at tables selling temple money. BSB BSB: In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
15 UDB So Jesus made a whip from some leather cords and he used it to drive out the sheep and the cattle from the temple. He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and scattered their coins on the ground. BSB BSB: So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
16 UDB He commanded those who were selling pigeons, "Take these pigeons out of here! Do not turn my Father's house into a marketplace!" BSB BSB: To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
17 UDB This reminded his disciples about what someone had written in the scriptures long before: "I love your house so much, O God, that I will die for it." BSB BSB: His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
18 UDB The Jewish leaders asked him, "What miracle can you do for us to prove you have permission from God to do what you are doing?" BSB BSB: On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
19 UDB Jesus replied to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will rebuild it again." BSB BSB: Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
20 UDB "Are you saying that you are you going to rebuild this entire temple in just three days?" they asked him. "It took forty-six years to build this temple." BSB BSB: “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
21 UDB However, the temple Jesus was speaking about was his own body, not the temple building. BSB BSB: But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.
22 UDB Later, after Jesus had died and God had raised him from the dead, his disciples remembered what he had said about the temple. They believed both what the scriptures said and what Jesus himself had said. BSB BSB: After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
23 UDB When Jesus was in Jerusalem during the Passover Festival, many people trusted in him because they saw the miracles that signified truth about Jesus. BSB BSB: While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
24 UDB Nevertheless, Jesus knew what people were like, and because he knew them so well, he did not trust them. BSB BSB: But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.
25 UDB He did not need anyone to tell him how evil people were. He knew everything about them. BSB BSB: He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.