John 2:1-19

¹On the third day two people were going to be married at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there:

²And Jesus with his disciples came as guests.

³When they had not enough wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine.

⁴Jesus said to her, Woman, this is not your business; my time is still to come.

⁵His mother said to the servants, Whatever he says to you, do it.

⁶Now six pots of stone, every one taking two or three firkins of water, were placed there for the purpose of washing, as is the way of the Jews.

⁷Jesus said to the servants, Make the pots full of water. And they made them full to the top.

⁸Then he said to them, Now take some, and give it to the master of the feast. So they took it to him.

⁹After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,

¹⁰And said to him, Every man first puts out his best wine and when all have had enough he puts out what is not so good; but you have kept the good wine till now.

¹¹This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee and let his glory be seen openly; and his disciples put their faith in him.

¹²After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days.

¹³The time of the Passover of the Jews was near and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

¹⁴And there in the Temple he saw men trading in oxen and sheep and doves, and he saw the changers of money in their seats:

¹⁵And he made a whip of small cords and put them all out of the Temple, with the sheep and the oxen, sending in all directions the small money of the changers and overturning their tables;

¹⁶And to those who were trading in doves he said, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a market.

¹⁷And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.

¹⁸Then the Jews put this question to him: What sign of authority have you to give us, seeing that you do these things?

¹⁹And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days.