John 2:1-11

The Wedding at Cana

1 On h the third day there was a wedding at i Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with j his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." 4 And Jesus said to her, k "Woman, l what does this have to do with me? m My hour has not yet come." 5 His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."

6 Now there were six stone water jars there n for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty o gallons. 1 7 Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast." So they took it. 9 When the master of the feast tasted p the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now." 11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested q his glory. And r his disciples believed in him.

  1. Cross References
    John 1:29
    The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
    John 1:35
    The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples.
    John 1:43
    The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me.
  2. Cross References
    John 4:46
    So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill.
    John 21:2
    Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.
  3. Cross References
    John 1:40 - 49
    One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
  4. Cross References
    John 19:26
    When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!
  5. Cross References
    2 Samuel 16:10
    But the king said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, 'Curse David,' who then shall say, 'Why have you done so?'
  6. Cross References
    John 7:30
    So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
    John 8:20
    These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
    John 13:1
    Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
  7. Cross References
    John 3:25
    Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew over purification.
    Mark 7:3 - 4
    (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders.
  8. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 4:5
    Its thickness was a handbreadth. And its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held 3,000 baths.
  9. Cross References
    John 4:46
    So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill.
  10. Cross References
    John 1:14
    And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
  11. Cross References
    John 2:2
    Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.
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