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8 // John 2
John 3 // 9
The Wedding at Cana
Then his disciples remembered this
prophecy from the Scriptures: “Passion
for God’s house will consume me.”*
18 But the Jew
ish leaders demanded,
“What are you doing? If God gave you
authority to do this, show us a miraculous sign to prove it.”
19 “All right,” J
esus replied. “Destroy
this temple, and in three days I will raise
it up.”
20 “What!” they exclaimed. “It has
taken f orty-six years to build this Temple,
and you can rebuild it in three days?”
21 But when
Jesus said “this temple,”
he meant his own body. 22 After he was
raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they
believed both the Scriptures and what
Jesus had said.
17
The next day* there was a wedding
2
celebration in the village of Cana in
Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and
2
J esus and his disciples were also invited
to the celebration. 3 The wine supply ran
out during the festivities, so J esus’ mother
told him, “They have no more wine.”
4 “Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet
come.”
5 But his mother told the servants, “Do
whatever he tells you.”
6 Standing nearby were six stone water
jars, used for Jewish ceremonial washing. Each could hold twenty to thirty
gallons.* 7 Jesus told the servants, “Fill
the jars with water.” When the jars had
been filled, 8he said, “Now dip some out,
and take it to the master of ceremonies.”
So the servants followed his instructions.
9When the master of ceremonies tasted
the water that was now wine, not knowing where it had come from (though, of
course, the servants knew), he called the
bridegroom over. 10“A host always serves
the best wine first,” he said. “Then,
when everyone has had a lot to drink, he
brings out the less expensive wine. But
you have kept the best until now!”
11 This miraculous sign at Cana in Gal
ilee was the first time Jesus revealed his
glory. And his disciples believed in him.
12 After the wedding he went to Caper
naum for a few days with his mother, his
brothers, and his disciples.
Jesus Clears the Temple
13 It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Je
rusalem. 14 In the Temple area he saw
merchants selling cattle, sheep, and
doves for sacrifices; he also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money.
15
Jesus made a whip from some ropes
and chased them all out of the Temple.
He drove out the sheep and cattle, scattered the money changers’ coins over
the floor, and turned over their tables.
16 Then, going over to the people who
sold doves, he told them, “Get these
things out of here. Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!”
2:1 Greek On the third day; see 1:35, 43. 2:6 Greek 2 or
3 measures [75 to 113 liters].
WHO’S
DIFFERENT––
YOU OR ME?
R
ecently some kids from
another ethnic group called
Kaitlyn names as she walked home
from school. Kaitlyn got angry.
She decided she didn’t like “those
kinds” of people. Then she got
an invitation to a party. Kaitlyn
wanted to go to the party, but
she knew that “those kinds” of
kids would be there. What would
you do if you were Kaitlyn? How
should you treat people whose
skin is a different color from yours
or whose cultural background is
different?
READ JOHN 4:1-26 TO SEE
HOW JESUS RELATED TO A
WOMAN WHO WAS FROM A
DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUP—
AND WASN’T EVEN LIKED BY
HER OWN PEOPLE.
This woman (1) was a Samaritan,
a person of mixed heritage whom
the Jews normally avoided, (2) had
a bad reputation, and (3) was in a
public place. No respectable Jewish
man would talk to a woman under
such circumstances. But Jesus didn’t
let these excuses stop him from talking to the woman. Would you have
done the same? Is there someone
you normally avoid for various reasons? Like Jesus, are you prepared
to cross all barriers to share the
Good News?
Jesus and Nicodemus
Because of the miraculous signs J esus
did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many began to trust in him. 24 But
Jesus didn’t trust them, because he knew
all about people. 25 No one needed to tell
him about human nature, for he knew
what was in each person’s heart.
23
There was a man named Nicode
3
mus, a Jewish religious leader who
was a Pharisee. After dark one evening,
2
he came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he
said, “we all know that God has sent you
to teach us. Your miraculous signs are
evidence that God is with you.”
3 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again,* you cannot see
the Kingdom of God.”
4 “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nic
odemus. “How can an old man go back
into his mother’s womb and be born
again?”
5
Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one
can enter the Kingdom of God without
being born of water and the Spirit.* 6 Humans can reproduce only human life,
but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual
2:17 Or “Concern for God’s house will be my undoing.” Ps
69:9.
3:3 Or born from above; also in 3:7. 3:5 Or and
spirit. The Greek word for Spirit can also be translated
wind; see 3:8. 3:6 Greek what is born of the Spirit is
spirit.
3:7 The Greek word for you is plural; also in 3:12.
3:13 Some manuscripts add who lives in heaven. “Son of
Man” is a title Jesus used for himself. 3:15 Or everyone
who believes will have eternal life in him.
3:16 Or For
God loved the world so much that he gave.
3:21 Or can
see God at work in what he is doing.
life.* 7 So don’t be surprised when I say,
‘You* must be born again.’ 8 The wind
blows wherever it wants. Just as you
can hear the wind but can’t tell where it
comes from or where it is going, so you
can’t explain how people are born of the
Spirit.”
9 “How are these things possible?” Nic
odemus asked.
10 Jesus replied, “You are a respected
Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things? 11 I assure you, we
tell you what we know and have seen,
and yet you won’t believe our testimony.
12 But if you don’t believe me when I
tell you about earthly things, how can
you possibly believe if I tell you about
heavenly things? 13No one has ever gone
to heaven and returned. But the Son
of Man* has come down from heaven.
14 And as
Moses lifted up the bronze
snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the
Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 so that
everyone who believes in him will have
eternal life.*
16 “For this is how God loved the world:
He gave* his one and only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him will not
perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent
his Son into the world not to judge the
world, but to save the world through him.
18 “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone
who does not believe in him has already
been judged for not believing in God’s
one and only Son. 19 And the judgment
is based on this fact: God’s light came
into the world, but people loved the
darkness more than the light, for their
actions were evil. 20 All who do evil hate
the light and refuse to go near it for fear
their sins will be exposed. 21 But those
who do what is right come to the light so
others can see that they are doing what
God wants.*”
ANGER
(2:15-16) Jesus obviously was angry with the
merchants who conducted business in the Temple.
Although there is a difference between uncontrolled
rage and righteous indignation, both are called
anger. How we use the powerful emotion of anger
makes all the difference. Jesus used his anger for
good instead of evil. Do you feel angry? How can
you use your anger to bring about positive changes?
