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John 2

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

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

3 When 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.”

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

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

7 Jesus 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,

9 and 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

10 and 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!”

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

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

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

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

15 So 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.

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

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

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

19 Jesus 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?”

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

22 After 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.

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

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

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

KJV

1 ¶ And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.

3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

4 Jesus saith unto her, ‹Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.›

5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do [it].

6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

7 Jesus saith unto them, ‹Fill the waterpots with water.› And they filled them up to the brim.

8 And he saith unto them, ‹Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast.› And they bare [it].

9 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,

10 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.

11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

12 ¶ After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.

13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

15 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;

16 And said unto them that sold doves, ‹Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.›

17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

19 Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.›

20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

21 But he spake of the temple of his body.

22 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.

23 ¶ 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.

24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all [men],

25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)

Of the wedding at Cana and the cleansing of the temple.

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1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of JEsu was there.

2 And JEsus and his disciples were also bidden to the marriage.

3 And when there was no wine, the mother of JEsu saith unto him, They have no wine.

4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? My hour is not yet come.

5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the Jews' cleansing, and two or three measures went into each.

7 Jesus saith unto them: Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them to the top.

8 And he saith unto them, Pour out now, and bring it unto the master of the feast. And they brought it.

9 And when the master of the feast had tasted the wine that was water, and knew not whence it came (but the servants knew, who had drawn the water), the master of the feast called the bridegroom, saying

10 And saith unto him, Every man giveth good wine at the first, and when they are drunken, then the less: thou hast kept the good wine until now.

11 This is the first sign that JEsus did, which was in Cana of Galilee, manifesting his glory. And his disciples believed on him].

12 And afterward he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples, and abode not long there.

13 And the Jews' feast was at hand. And JEsus went up to Jerusalem

14 And found them sitting in the temple hawking oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers.

15 And he made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and spilled the money of the changers, and overturned the tables.

16 And he said unto them that sold the doves, Take this hence, and make not my father's house a house of sale.

17 And his disciples remembered that it is written, Zeal for thine house hath eaten me up.

18 And the Jews answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, that thou mayest do this thing?

19 And JEsus answered and said unto them: Break down this temple, and the third day I will raise it up.

20 And the Jews said, This temple was built in forty and six years, and thou wilt build it in three days?

21 And he spake of the temple of his body.

22 And when he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had spoken these things, and believed the scripture, and the words which Jesus spake.

23 And when he was in Jerusalem at the feast of the passover, many believed on his name, because they saw the signs which he did.

24 But JEsus trusted not in them: for he knew them all.

25 And needed not that any should bear witness of man: for he knew well what was in man.

1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)

Machine-translated from Luther's final 1545 German Bible

The LED is an English rendering of Martin Luther's final 1545 German Bible. According to BackToLuther, it was produced by using the DeepL Translator on Luther's German text, then processed, polished, formatted, and hyperlinked for reading, while preserving chapter headings and other notations from orthodox German Lutheran Bibles.

Source attribution: BackToLuther, “Luther's 1545 Bible - in English by… DeepL Translator (The LED Bible)”.

For print editions, see “1545 Luther's English Bible (LED): now in print”.

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