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1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
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On the third day two people were going to be married at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there:
2 Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
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And Jesus with his disciples came as guests.
3 When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine."
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When they had not enough wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine.
4 And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come."
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Jesus said to her, Woman, this is not your business; my time is still to come.
5 His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
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His mother said to the servants, Whatever he says to you, do it.
6 Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
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Now six pots of stone, every one taking two or three firkins of water, were placed there for the purpose of washing, as is the way of the Jews.
7 Jesus said to them, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim.
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Jesus said to the servants, Make the pots full of water. And they made them full to the top.
8 He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward." So they took it.
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Then he said to them, Now take some, and give it to the master of the feast. So they took it to him.
9 When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom
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After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,
10 and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now."
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And said to him, Every man first puts out his best wine and when all have had enough he puts out what is not so good; but you have kept the good wine till now.
11 Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
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This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee and let his glory be seen openly; and his disciples put their faith in him.
12 After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they remained there a few days.
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After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days.
13 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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The time of the Passover of the Jews was near and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.
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And there in the Temple he saw men trading in oxen and sheep and doves, and he saw the changers of money in their seats:
15 Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
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And he made a whip of small cords and put them all out of the Temple, with the sheep and the oxen, sending in all directions the small money of the changers and overturning their tables;
16 He told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!"
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And to those who were trading in doves he said, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a market.
17 His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."
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And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.
18 The Jews then said to him, "What sign can you show us for doing this?"
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Then the Jews put this question to him: What sign of authority have you to give us, seeing that you do these things?
19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
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And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days.
20 The Jews then said, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?"
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The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days!
21 But he was speaking of the temple of his body.
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But his words were about that holy building which was his body.
22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
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So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said.
23 When he was in Jerusalem during the Passover festival, many believed in his name because they saw the signs that he was doing.
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Now while he was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, a great number of people came to have faith in his name, after seeing the signs which he did.
24 But Jesus on his part would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people
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But Jesus did not have faith in them, because he had knowledge of them all.
25 and needed no one to testify about anyone; for he himself knew what was in everyone.
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He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.
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