| Holman Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1On the third day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, and | 1Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, |
| 2Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding as well. | 2and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. |
| 3When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother told Him, "They don't have any wine." | 3When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no wine left." |
| 4"What has this concern of yours to do with Me, woman?" Jesus asked. "My hour has not yet come."" | 4Jesus replied, "Woman, why are you saying this to me? My time has not yet come." |
| 5Do whatever He tells you," His mother told the servants. | 5His mother told the servants, "Whatever he tells you, do it." |
| 6Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification. Each contained 20 or 30 gallons. | 6Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. |
| 7"Fill the jars with water," Jesus told them. So they filled them to the brim. | 7Jesus told the servants, "Fill the water jars with water." So they filled them up to the very top. |
| 8Then He said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the chief servant." And they did. | 8Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the head steward," and they did. |
| 9When the chief servant tasted the water (after it had become wine), he did not know where it came from--though the servants who had drawn the water knew. He called the groom | 9When the head steward tasted the water that had been turned to wine, not knowing where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called the bridegroom |
| 10and told him, "Everyone sets out the fine wine first, then, after people have drunk freely, the inferior. But you have kept the fine wine until now." | 10and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the cheaper wine when the guests are drunk. You have kept the good wine until now!" |
| 11Jesus performed this first sign in Cana of Galilee. He displayed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him. | 11Jesus did this as the first of his miraculous signs, in Cana of Galilee. In this way he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him. |
| 12After this, He went down to Capernaum, together with His mother, His brothers, and His disciples, and they stayed there only a few days. | 12After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days. |
| 13The Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. | 13Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. |
| 14In the temple complex He found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and He also found the money changers sitting there. | 14He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables. |
| 15After making a whip out of cords, He drove everyone out of the temple complex with their sheep and oxen. He also poured out the money changers' coins and overturned the tables. | 15So he made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the temple courts, with the sheep and the oxen. He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. |
| 16He told those who were selling doves, "Get these things out of here! Stop turning My Father's house into a marketplace!" | 16To those who sold the doves he said, "Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father's house a marketplace!" |
| 17And His disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal for Your house will consume Me. | 17His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will devour me." |
| 18So the Jews replied to Him, "What sign of authority will You show us for doing these things?" | 18So then the Jewish leaders responded, "What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?" |
| 19Jesus answered, "Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it up in three days." | 19Jesus replied, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again." |
| 20Therefore the Jews said, "This sanctuary took 46 years to build, and will You raise it up in three days?" | 20Then the Jewish leaders said to him, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and are you going to raise it up in three days?" |
| 21But He was speaking about the sanctuary of His body. | 21But Jesus was speaking about the temple of his body. |
| 22So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. And they believed the Scripture and the statement Jesus had made. | 22So after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken. |
| 23While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many trusted in His name when they saw the signs He was doing. | 23Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing. |
| 24Jesus, however, would not entrust Himself to them, since He knew them all | 24But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people. |
| 25and because He did not need anyone to testify about man; for He Himself knew what was in man. | 25He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew what was in man. |
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