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Learn about the sources and coverage →On the third day, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and Jesus’ mother was there.
And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
Καὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ γάμος ἐγένετο ἐν Κανᾷ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ ἦν ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἐκεῖ∙
Kai tē hēmera tē tritē gamos egeneto en Kana tēs Galilaias, kai ēn hē mētēr tou Iēsou ekei;
Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
ἐκλήθη δὲ καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν γάμον.
eklēthē de kai ho Iēsous kai hoi mathētai autou eis ton gamon.
When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no wine.”
And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
Καὶ ὑστερήσαντος οἴνου, λέγει ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ πρὸς αὐτόν, Οἶνον οὐκ ἔχουσιν.
Kai hysterēsantos oinou, legei hē mētēr tou Iēsou pros auton, Oinon ouk echousin.
Jesus answered her, “Woman, what does this have to do with Me? The time for Me to fully reveal who I am has not yet come.”
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
Λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί, γύναι; Οὔπω ἥκει ἡ ὥρα μου.
Legei autē ho Iēsous, Ti emoi kai soi, gynai? Oupō hēkei hē hōra mou.
His mother told the servants, “Whatever He tells you to do, do it.”
His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
Λέγει ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ τοῖς διακόνοις, Ὅ τι ἂν λέγῃ ὑμῖν, ποιήσατε.
Legei hē mētēr autou tois diakonois, Ho ti an legē hymin, poiēsate.
Six large stone water jars were standing nearby. The Jews used them for ceremonial washing. Each one held roughly twenty to thirty gallons.
And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
Ἦσαν δὲ ἐκεῖ ὑδρίαι λίθιναι ἓξ κείμεναι κατὰ τὸν καθαρισμὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων, χωροῦσαι ἀνὰ μετρητὰς δύο ἢ τρεῖς.
Ēsan de ekei hydriai lithinai hex keimenai kata ton katharismon tōn Ioudaiōn, chōrousai ana metrētas dyo ē treis.
Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.”
They filled them all the way to the top.
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
Λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Γεμίσατε τὰς ὑδρίας ὕδατος. Καὶ ἐγέμισαν αὐτὰς ἕως ἄνω.
Legei autois ho Iēsous, Gemisate tas hydrias hydatos. Kai egemisan autas heōs anō.
Then He said, “Now draw some out and take it to the head steward.”
So they took it to him.
And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Ἀντλήσατε νῦν, καὶ φέρετε τῷ ἀρχιτρικλίνῳ. Καὶ ἤνεγκαν.
Kai legei autois, Antlēsate nyn, kai pherete tō architriklinō. Kai ēnenkan.
The steward tasted the water, which had now become wine. He did not know where it had come from, although the servants who had drawn the water knew. So he called the bridegroom
When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
Ὡς δὲ ἐγεύσατο ὁ ἀρχιτρίκλινος τὸ ὕδωρ οἶνον γεγενημένον, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει πόθεν ἐστίν—οἱ δὲ διάκονοι ᾔδεισαν οἱ ἠντληκότες τὸ ὕδωρ—φωνεῖ τὸν νυμφίον ὁ ἀρχιτρίκλινος,
Hōs de egeusato ho architriklinos to hydōr oinon gegenēmenon, kai ouk ēdei pothen estin—hoi de diakonoi ēdeisan hoi ēntlēkotes to hydōr—phōnei ton nymphion ho architriklinos,
and said, “Everyone serves the best wine first. Then, after the guests have had plenty, they serve the cheaper wine. But you have kept the best wine until now!”
And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Πᾶς ἄνθρωπος πρῶτον τὸν καλὸν οἶνον τίθησιν, καὶ ὅταν μεθυσθῶσιν, τότε τὸν ἐλάσσω∙ σὺ τετήρηκας τὸν καλὸν οἶνον ἕως ἄρτι.
kai legei autō, Pas anthrōpos prōton ton kalon oinon tithēsin, kai hotan methysthōsin, tote ton elassō; sy tetērēkas ton kalon oinon heōs arti.
Jesus performed this first miraculous sign in Cana of Galilee. Through it He revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
Ταύτην ἐποίησεν τὴν ἀρχὴν τῶν σημείων ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐν Κανᾷ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ ἐφανέρωσεν τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ∙ καὶ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ.
Tautēn epoiēsen tēn archēn tōn sēmeiōn ho Iēsous en Kana tēs Galilaias, kai ephanerōsen tēn doxan autou; kai episteusan eis auton hoi mathētai autou.
After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother, His brothers, and His disciples. They stayed there for a few days.
¶ After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
Μετὰ τοῦτο κατέβη εἰς Καπερναούμ, αὐτὸς καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ∙ καὶ ἐκεῖ ἔμειναν οὐ πολλὰς ἡμέρας.
Meta touto katebē eis Kapernaoum, autos kai hē mētēr autou, kai hoi adelphoi autou, kai hoi mathētai autou; kai ekei emeinan ou pollas hēmeras.
The Jewish Passover was approaching, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
¶ And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
Καὶ ἐγγὺς ἦν τὸ Πάσχα τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ ἀνέβη εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ὁ Ἰησοῦς.
Kai engys ēn to Pascha tōn Ioudaiōn, kai anebē eis Hierosolyma ho Iēsous.
In the Temple courts He found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, while money changers sat at their tables doing business.
And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
Καὶ εὗρεν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τοὺς πωλοῦντας βόας καὶ πρόβατα καὶ περιστεράς, καὶ τοὺς κερματιστὰς καθημένους.
Kai heuren en tō hierō tous pōlountas boas kai probata kai peristeras, kai tous kermatistas kathēmenous.
Jesus made a whip from cords and drove them all out of the Temple courts, along with the sheep and cattle. He scattered the money changers’ coins and overturned their tables.
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;
Καὶ ποιήσας φραγέλλιον ἐκ σχοινίων πάντας ἐξέβαλεν ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, τά τε πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς βόας∙ καὶ τῶν κολλυβιστῶν ἐξέχεεν τὸ κέρμα, καὶ τὰς τραπέζας ἀνέστρεψεν∙
Kai poiēsas phragellion ek schoiniōn pantas exebalen ek tou hierou, ta te probata kai tous boas; kai tōn kollybistōn execheen to kerma, kai tas trapezas anestrepsen;
Then He told those selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
καὶ τοῖς τὰς περιστερὰς πωλοῦσιν εἶπεν, Ἄρατε ταῦτα ἐντεῦθεν∙ μὴ ποιεῖτε τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου οἶκον ἐμπορίου.
kai tois tas peristeras pōlousin eipen, Arate tauta enteuthen; mē poieite ton oikon tou patros mou oikon emporiou.
His disciples remembered the Scripture:
“Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
Ἐμνήσθησαν δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι γεγραμμένον ἐστίν, Ὁ ζῆλος τοῦ οἴκου σου καταφάγεταί με.
Emnēsthēsan de hoi mathētai autou hoti gegrammenon estin, Ho zēlos tou oikou sou kataphagetai me.
The Jewish leaders challenged Him: “What miraculous sign can You show us to prove that You have the authority to do this?”
¶ Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
Ἀπεκρίθησαν οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Τί σημεῖον δεικνύεις ἡμῖν, ὅτι ταῦτα ποιεῖς;
Apekrithēsan oun hoi Ioudaioi kai eipon autō, Ti sēmeion deiknyeis hēmin, hoti tauta poieis?
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Λύσατε τὸν ναὸν τοῦτον, καὶ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἐγερῶ αὐτόν.
Apekrithē Iēsous kai eipen autois, Lysate ton naon touton, kai en trisin hēmerais egerō auton.
They replied, “It took forty-six years to build this Temple, and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
Εἶπον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, Τεσσαράκοντα καὶ ἓξ ἔτεσιν ᾠκοδομήθη ὁ ναὸς οὗτος, καὶ σὺ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἐγερεῖς αὐτόν;
Eipon oun hoi Ioudaioi, Tessarakonta kai hex etesin ōkodomēthē ho naos houtos, kai sy en trisin hēmerais egereis auton?
But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His own body.
But he spake of the temple of his body.
Ἐκεῖνος δὲ ἔλεγεν περὶ τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ.
Ekeinos de elegen peri tou naou tou sōmatos autou.
After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered what He had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words Jesus had spoken.
When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
Ὅτε οὖν ἠγέρθη ἐκ νεκρῶν, ἐμνήσθησαν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι τοῦτο ἔλεγεν∙ καὶ ἐπίστευσαν τῇ γραφῇ, καὶ τῷ λόγῳ ᾧ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς.
Hote oun ēgerthē ek nekrōn, emnēsthēsan hoi mathētai autou hoti touto elegen; kai episteusan tē graphē, kai tō logō hō eipen ho Iēsous.
While Jesus was in Jerusalem during the Passover Festival, many people believed in His name when they saw the miraculous signs He was performing.
¶ 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 did.
Ὡς δὲ ἦν ἐν τοῖς Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐν τῷ Πάσχα, ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ, πολλοὶ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, θεωροῦντες αὐτοῦ τὰ σημεῖα ἃ ἐποίει.
Hōs de ēn en tois Hierosolymois en tō Pascha, en tē heortē, polloi episteusan eis to onoma autou, theōrountes autou ta sēmeia ha epoiei.
But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, because He knew what was inside people.
But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς οὐκ ἐπίστευεν ἑαυτὸν αὐτοῖς, διὰ τὸ αὐτὸν γινώσκειν πάντας,
Autos de ho Iēsous ouk episteuen heauton autois, dia to auton ginōskein pantas,
He did not need anyone to explain human nature to Him. He already knew what was in every person’s heart.
And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
καὶ ὅτι οὐ χρείαν εἶχεν ἵνα τις μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου∙ αὐτὸς γὰρ ἐγίνωσκεν τί ἦν ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ.
kai hoti ou chreian eichen hina tis martyrēsē peri tou anthrōpou; autos gar eginōsken ti ēn en tō anthrōpō.