Part 3

002:001 Two days later there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there,

002:002 and Jesus also was invited and His disciples.

002:003 Now the wine ran short; whereupon the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine."

002:004 "Leave the matter in my hands," He replied; "the time for me to act has not yet come."

002:005 His mother said to the attendants, "Whatever he tells you to do, do it."

002:006 Now there were six stone jars standing there (in accordance with the Jewish regulations for purification), each large enough to hold twenty gallons or more.

002:007 Jesus said to the attendants, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them to the brim.

002:008 Then He said, "Now, take some out, and carry it to the President of the feast."

002:009 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

002:010 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."

002:011 This, the first of His miracles, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee, and thus displayed His glorious power; and His disciples believed in Him.

002:012 Afterwards He went down to Capernaum--He, and His mother, and His brothers, and His disciples; and they made a short stay there.

002:013 But the Jewish Passover was approaching, and for this Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

002:014 And He found in the Temple the dealers in cattle and sheep and in pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.

002:015 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.

002:016 And to the pigeon-dealers He said, "Take these things away. Do not turn my Father's house into a market."

002:017 This recalled to His disciples the words of Scripture, "My zeal for Thy House will consume me."

002:018 So the Jews asked Him, "What proof of your authority do you exhibit to us, seeing that you do these things?"

002:019 "Demolish this Sanctuary," said Jesus, "and in three days I will rebuild it."

002:020 "It has taken forty-six years," replied the Jews, "to build this Sanctuary, and will you rebuild it in three days?"

002:021 But He was speaking of the Sanctuary of His body.

002:022 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.

002:023 Now when He was in Jerusalem, at the Festival of the Passover, many became believers in Him through watching the miracles He performed.

002:024 But for His part, Jesus did not trust Himself to them, because He knew them all,

002:025 and did not need any one's testimony concerning a man, for He of Himself knew what was in the man.

003:001 Now there was one of the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus-- a ruler among the Jews.

003:002 He came to Jesus by night and said, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher from God; for no one can do these miracles which you are doing, unless God is with him.

003:003 "In most solemn truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born anew he cannot see the Kingdom of God."