CHAPTER III. CHRIST CHANGING WATER INTO WINE, RESIDING AT CAPERNAUM, AND PURIFYING THE TEMPLE.

1 ^2:1AND on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; ^2:2and Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the wedding. ^2:3And the wine falling short the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. ^2:4Jesus said to her, What have you to do with me, woman? My hour has not yet come. ^2:5His mother said to the servants, Do whatever he tells you. ^2:6And there were six stone water jars there, placed for the purification of the Jews, containing two or three metretes [16.75 or 25.125 gallons] each. ^2:7Jesus said to them, Fill the water jars with water; and they filled them to the top. ^2:8And he said to them, Now draw out and bear to the master of the feast; and they bore it. ^2:9And when the master of the feast tasted of the water made wine, and knew not whence it was,—but the servants knew who had drawn the water,—the master of the feast called the bridegroom ^2:10and said to him, Every man first presents the good wine, and when they have drunk freely, the poorer; but you have kept the good wine till now. ^2:11This first miracle did Jesus perform at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him. ^2:12After this he went down to Capernaum, he and his mother, and his brothers, and his disciples, and remained there a few days.

2 ^2:13And the passover of the Jews was nigh; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ^2:14And he found in the temple those that sold cattle, and sheep, and doves, and the brokers sitting; ^2:15and making a whip of cords he drove them all out of the temple, also the sheep and cattle, and poured out the money of the brokers, and overturned the tables, ^2:16and said to those that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. ^2:17And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thy house consumes me.

3 ^2:18Then the Jews answered and said to him, What sign do you show us, that you do these things? ^2:19Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it. ^2:20Then the Jews said to him, Forty-six years was this temple being built, and will you raise it in three days? ^2:21But he spoke of the temple of his body. ^2:22When, therefore, he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus spoke.