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1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
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And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there.
2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
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And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
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And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith to him, They have no wine.
4 “Woman,why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
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Jesus saith to her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? my hour is not yet come.
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
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His mother saith to the servants, Whatever he saith to you, do [it].
6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
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And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.
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Jesus saith to them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them to the brim.
8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”They did so,
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And he saith to them, Draw out now, and bear to the governor of the feast. And they bore [it].
9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
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When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was; (but the servants who drew the water knew) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
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And saith to him, Every man at the beginning presenteth good wine; and when men have well drank, then that which is worse: [but] thou hast kept the good wine until now.
11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
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This beginning of miracles Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
12 After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.
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After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples; and they continued there not many days.
13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.
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And found in the temple those that sold oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the changers of money, sitting:
15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
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And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!”
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And said to them that sold doves, Take these things hence: make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
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And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up.
18 The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”
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Then answered the Jews, and said to him, What sign showest thou to us, seeing that thou doest these things?
19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”
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Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?”
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Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body.
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But he spoke of the temple of his body.
22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
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When therefore he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this to them: and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had spoken.
23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name.
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Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast [day], many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he performed.
24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people.
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But Jesus did not commit himself to them, because he knew all [men].
25 He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.
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And needed not that any should testify concerning man: for he knew what was in man.
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