{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/wnt/john/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:02:27.285Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WNT","book":"John","bookSlug":"john","chapter":2,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Two days later there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"and Jesus also was invited and His disciples."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Now the wine ran short; whereupon the mother of Jesus said to Him, |They have no wine.|"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"|Leave the matter in my hands,| He replied;  |the time for me to act has not yet come.|"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"His mother said to the attendants, |Whatever he tells you to do,  do it.|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Now there were six stone jars standing there (in accordance with the Jewish regulations for purification)"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Jesus said to the attendants, |Fill the jars with water.| And they filled them to the brim."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Then He said, |Now, take some out, and carry it to the President of the feast.|"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"So they carried some to him. And no sooner had the President tasted the water now turned into wine, than--not knowing where it came from, though the attendants who had drawn the water knew--he called to the bridegroom"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"and said to him, |It is usual to put on the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then that which is inferior. But you have kept the good wine till now.|"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"This, the first of His  miracles, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee, and thus displayed His glorious power; and His disciples believed in Him."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Afterwards He went down to Capernaum--He, and His mother, and His brothers, and His disciples; and they made a short stay there."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But the Jewish Passover was approaching, and for this Jesus went up to Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And He found in the Temple the dealers in cattle and sheep and in pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"So He plaited a whip of  rushes, and drove all--both sheep and bullocks--out of the Temple. The small coin of the brokers He upset on the ground and overturned their tables."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And to the pigeon-dealers He said, |Take these things away. Do not turn my Father's house into a market.|"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"This recalled to His disciples the words of Scripture, |My zeal for Thy House will consume me.|"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"So the Jews  asked Him, |What  proof of your authority do you exhibit to us, seeing that you do these things?|"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"|Demolish this Sanctuary,| said Jesus, |and in three days I will rebuild it.|"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"|It has taken forty-six years,| replied the Jews, |to build this Sanctuary, and will you rebuild it in three days?|"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"But He was speaking of the Sanctuary of His body."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"When however He had risen from among the dead, His disciples recollected that He  had said this; and they believed the Scripture and the  teaching which Jesus had given them."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Now when He was in Jerusalem,  at the Festival of the Passover, many  became believers  in Him through watching the miracles He performed."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"But for His part, Jesus did not trust Himself to them, because He knew them all,"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"and did not need any one's testimony concerning  a man, for He of Himself knew what was in the man."}],"citation":{"inline":"John 2 (WNT)","markdown":"[John 2](https://primebible.com/wnt/john/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WNT. https://primebible.com/wnt/john/2 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}