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John 2:11-23

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11That was the first miracle that Jesus did. He did it in Cana town, in Galilee district. By doing it he showed how awesome he is, and as a result, we his disciples believed that he truly was the Messiah.
12Jesus then went down to Capernaum city with his mother and younger brothers and us his disciples. We stayed there several days.
13Later, when it was almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration, Jesus and we his disciples went up to Jerusalem.
14There, in the Temple courtyard, he saw some men who were selling cattle, sheep, and pigeons for sacrifices. He also saw men who were sitting at tables, making a big profit as they gave people Temple tax coins in exchange for their Roman coins.
15Then Jesus made a whip from some cords and used it to chase out the sheep and cattle from the Temple courtyard. By overturning their tables he scattered the coins of the men who were exchanging them.
16He said to those who were selling doves, “Take these doves away from here! Stop defiling my Father's Temple by making it a market!”
17Then we disciples remembered that these words had been written {that someone/David had written these words} in the Scriptures prophesying what the Messiah would say: “Others PRS will strongly oppose me because I greatly desire that people respect your Sacred Tent.”
18So one of the Jewish leaders SYN replied to him, “What miracle will you perform to show us that you have authority from God to do these things?”
19Jesus replied to them, “If/When you destroy this temple, I will build it again within three days.”
20So the Jewish leaders SYN said, “We have been building this Temple for forty-six years and it is not finished yet! So ◄there is no way you will build it within three days!/how will you build it within three days?► RHQ”
21But when Jesus said that about the temple, he was really talking about his own body.
22Later, after Jesus had died and had become alive again, we his disciples remembered the words he had said. As a result, we believed what had been prophesied in the Scriptures about the Messiah becoming alive again, and we believed that what Jesus said was true.
23While Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many people came to believe that he was the Messiah because they saw the miracles he was performing.

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