The Wedding at Cana 2 UST And someone also invited Jesus and his disciples to the wedding. BSB BSB: and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
3 UST { The hosts served wine to those attending the wedding and} they drank all the wine they had.{ So} Jesus’ mother said to him,“They are out of wine.{ Please do something about it.}” BSB BSB: When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”
4 UST Then Jesus said to her,“Madam, what does that have to do with me or you?{ The chosen} time{ for me to begin} my{ work} has not arrived yet.” BSB BSB: “Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
6 UST (There were six{ empty} stone jars placed there. They held water{ so that the people could wash themselves according to} Jewish religious cleansing laws. Each jar could hold 80 to 120 liters{ of water}.) 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 UST Jesus told the servants,“Fill the jars with water.” So they filled the jars completely to the top. BSB BSB: Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.
8 UST Then he told them,“Now, take some water out of a jar and bring it to the director of the wedding 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 UST Then 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 who had taken out the water knew.) And 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 UST Then he told the bridegroom,“Everyone serves the best wine first and serves the cheap wine later, when the guests have drunk a lot{ and can not tell the difference}. However, you have saved 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 UST That was the first of the miraculous signs that Jesus did. He did it in the town of Cana, which is in the region of Galilee. There he showed how great he is. So his 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 UST Some time after doing this miracle, Jesus and his mother and brothers, along with his disciples, went down to the town of Capernaum. And they stayed there for 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 UST Now it was almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went up to the city of Jerusalem. BSB BSB: When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 UST There in the temple{ courtyard} he saw men selling cattle, sheep, and pigeons{ for those making sacrifices there}.{ He also saw} men sitting at tables, exchanging money{ for temple money}. BSB BSB: In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
15 UST So Jesus made a whip from some braided leather strips, and he used it to drive all those people out from the temple{ along with} the sheep and the cattle. He also scattered the coins of the moneychangers on the ground and flipped their tables over. 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 UST He told 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 UST { This event} reminded his disciples about what someone had written{ in the scriptures long before},“I love your temple so much,{ O God,} that I would die for it.” BSB BSB: His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
18 UST The Jewish leaders then responded by asking Jesus,“What miracle can you do for us{ to prove that you have authority from God} to do these things that 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 UST Jesus replied to them,“If you destroy this temple, then in three days I will rebuild it.” BSB BSB: Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
20 UST So the Jewish leaders said,“It took 46 years to build this temple.{ Are you saying that} you are going to rebuild this entire temple in just three days?” 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 UST 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 UST As a result{ of this statement}, his disciples remembered these things that he had said after God had raised Jesus from the dead. Then 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 UST At a later time, when Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, during{ the days of} the celebration, many people trusted in him because they saw the miracles he kept on doing. 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 UST Nevertheless, because Jesus knew what all people were like, he did not trust them. BSB BSB: But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.
25 UST Jesus{ also did not trust them} because he did not need anyone to tell him about mankind.{ This is} because he knew what people{ think and want}. BSB BSB: He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.