The Wedding at Cana

¹On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,

²and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

³When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”

⁴“Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”

⁵His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”

⁶Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.

⁷Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.”So they filled them to the brim.

⁸“Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.”They did so,

⁹and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside

¹⁰and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”

¹¹Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

¹²After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

¹³When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

¹⁴In the temple courtsHe found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.

¹⁵So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

¹⁶To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

¹⁷His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”

¹⁸On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”

¹⁹Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

²⁰“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”

²¹But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.

²²After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

²³While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.

²⁴But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.

²⁵He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.

The Resurrection

¹Early on the first day of the week,while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.

²So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they have put Him!”

³Then Peter and the other disciple set out for the tomb.

⁴The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

⁵He bent down and looked in at the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

⁶Simon Peter arrived just after him. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.

⁷The cloththat had been around Jesus’ head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths.

⁸Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in. And he saw and believed.

⁹For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹⁰Then the disciples returned to their homes.

¹¹But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb,

¹²and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet.

¹³“Woman, why are you weeping?” they asked.“Because they have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I do not know where they have put Him.”

¹⁴When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there. But she did not recognize that it was Jesus.

¹⁵“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?”Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”

¹⁶Jesus said to her, “Mary.”She turned and said to Him in Hebrew,“Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).

¹⁷“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”

¹⁸Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what He had said to her.

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

¹⁹It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.

²⁰After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side.The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

²¹Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

²²When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

²³If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”

Jesus Appears to Thomas

²⁴Now Thomas called Didymus,one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.

²⁵So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”

²⁶Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

²⁷Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.”

²⁸Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”

²⁹Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

The Purpose of John’s Book

³⁰Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.

³¹But these are written so that you may believethat Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

The Leper’s Prayer

¹When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.

²Suddenly a lepercame and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

³Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

⁴Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”

The Faith of the Centurion

⁵When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,

⁶“Lord, my servantlies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”

⁷“I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied.

⁸The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

⁹For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”

¹⁰When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

¹¹I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

¹²But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

¹³Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.

Jesus Heals at Peter’s House

¹⁴When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.

¹⁵So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve Him.

¹⁶When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

¹⁷This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:“He took up our infirmitiesand carried our diseases.”

The Cost of Discipleship

¹⁸When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.

¹⁹And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”

²⁰Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

²¹Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

²²But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

Jesus Calms the Storm

²³When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.

²⁴Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves. But Jesus was sleeping.

²⁵The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”

²⁶“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.

²⁷The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”

The Demons and the Pigs

²⁸When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes,He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

²⁹“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

³⁰In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.

³¹So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

³²“Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.

³³Those tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men.

³⁴Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.

The Waters Are up to My Neck

¹Save me, O God,for the waters are up to my neck.

²I have sunk into the miry depths,where there is no footing;I have drifted into deep waters,where the flood engulfs me.

³I am weary from my crying;my throat is parched.My eyes fail,looking for my God.

⁴Those who hate me without causeoutnumber the hairs of my head;many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason.Though I did not steal,I must repay.

⁵You know my folly, O God,and my guilt is not hidden from You.

⁶May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me,O Lord GOD of Hosts;may those who seek You not be dishonored through me,O God of Israel.

⁷For I have endured scorn for Your sake,and shame has covered my face.

⁸I have become a stranger to my brothersand a foreigner to my mother’s sons,

⁹because zeal for Your house has consumed me,and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

¹⁰I wept and fasted,but it brought me reproach.

¹¹I made sackcloth my clothing,and I was sport to them.

¹²Those who sit at the gate mock me,and I am the song of drunkards.

¹³But my prayer to You, O LORD,is for a time of favor.In Your abundant loving devotion, O God,answer me with Your sure salvation.

¹⁴Rescue me from the mireand do not let me sink;deliver me from my foesand out of the deep waters.

¹⁵Do not let the floods engulf meor the depths swallow me up;let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

¹⁶Answer me, O LORD,for Your loving devotion is good;turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

¹⁷Hide not Your face from Your servant,for I am in distress.Answer me quickly!

¹⁸Draw near to my soul and redeem me;ransom me because of my foes.

¹⁹You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace.All my adversaries are before You.

²⁰Insults have broken my heart,and I am in despair.I looked for sympathy, but there was none,for comforters, but I found no one.

²¹They poisoned my food with galland gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

²²May their table become a snare;may it be a retribution and a trap.

²³May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,and their backs be bent forever.

²⁴Pour out Your wrath upon them,and let Your burning anger overtake them.

²⁵May their place be deserted;let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

²⁶For they persecute the one You struckand recount the pain of those You wounded.

²⁷Add iniquity to their iniquity;let them not share in Your righteousness.

²⁸May they be blotted out of the Book of Lifeand not listed with the righteous.

²⁹But I am in pain and distress;let Your salvation protect me, O God.

³⁰I will praise God’s name in songand exalt Him with thanksgiving.

³¹And this will please the LORD more than an ox,more than a bull with horns and hooves.

³²The humble will see and rejoice.You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!

³³For the LORD listens to the needyand does not despise His captive people.

³⁴Let heaven and earth praise Him,the seas and everything that moves in them.

³⁵For God will save Zionand rebuild the cities of Judah,that they may dwell there and possess it.

³⁶The descendants of His servants will inherit it,and those who love His name will settle in it.