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46 So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill.
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Now he was back in Cana of Galilee, the place where he made the water into wine. Meanwhile in Capernaum, there was a certain official from the king's court whose son was sick.
47 When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
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When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and asked that he come down and heal his son, who was on the brink of death.
48 So Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe."
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Jesus put him off: "Unless you people are dazzled by a miracle, you refuse to believe."
49 The official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."
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But the court official wouldn't be put off. "Come down! It's life or death for my son."
50 Jesus said to him, "Go; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way.
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Jesus simply replied, "Go home. Your son lives."
51 As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was recovering.
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On his way back, his servants intercepted him and announced, "Your son lives!"
52 So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."
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He asked them what time he began to get better. They said, "The fever broke yesterday afternoon at one o'clock."
53 The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live." And he himself believed, and all his household.
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The father knew that that was the very moment Jesus had said, "Your son lives."
54 This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.
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This was now the second sign Jesus gave after having come from Judea into Galilee.
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