2:1 Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana ¹  in Galilee. ²  Jesus’ mother ³  was there, 2:2 and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. ⁴  2:3 When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no wine left.” ⁵  2:4 Jesus replied, ⁶  “Woman, ⁷  why are you saying this to me? ⁸  My time ⁹  has not yet come.” 2:5 His mother told the servants, “Whatever he tells you, do it.” ¹⁰ 

2:6 Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing, ¹¹  each holding twenty or thirty gallons. ¹²  2:7 Jesus told the servants, ¹³  “Fill the water jars with water.” So they filled them up to the very top. 2:8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the head steward,” ¹⁴  and they did. 2:9 When ¹⁵  the head steward tasted the water that had been turned to wine, not knowing where it came from ¹⁶  (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he ¹⁷  called the bridegroom 2:10 and said to him, “Everyone ¹⁸  serves the good wine first, and then the cheaper ¹⁹  wine when the guests ²⁰  are drunk. You have kept the good wine until now!” 2:11 Jesus did this as the first of his miraculous signs, ²¹  in Cana ²²  of Galilee. In this way he revealed ²³  his glory, and his disciples believed in him. ²⁴ 

2:12 After this he went down to Capernaum ²⁵  with his mother and brothers ²⁶  and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days. 2:13 Now the Jewish feast of Passover ²⁷  was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ²⁸ 

2:18 So then the Jewish leaders ³⁹  responded, ⁴⁰  “What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?” ⁴¹  2:19 Jesus replied, ⁴²  “Destroy ⁴³  this temple and in three days I will raise it up again.” 2:20 Then the Jewish leaders ⁴⁴  said to him, “This temple has been under construction ⁴⁵  for forty-six years, ⁴⁶  and are you going to raise it up in three days?” 2:21 But Jesus ⁴⁷  was speaking about the temple of his body. ⁴⁸  2:22 So after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture ⁴⁹  and the saying ⁵⁰  that Jesus had spoken.

2:23 Now while Jesus ⁵¹  was in Jerusalem ⁵²  at the feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing. ⁵³  2:24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people. ⁵⁴  2:25 He did not need anyone to testify about man, ⁵⁵  for he knew what was in man. ⁵⁶ 

20:1 Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev ¹  region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident ²  in Gerar, 20:2 Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.

20:3 But God appeared ³  to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him, “You are as good as dead ⁴  because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife.” ⁵ 

20:4 Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said, “Lord, ⁶  would you really slaughter an innocent nation? ⁷  20:5 Did Abraham ⁸  not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ⁹  ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience ¹⁰  and with innocent hands!”

20:6 Then in the dream God replied to him, “Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. ¹¹  That is why I have kept you ¹²  from sinning against me and why ¹³  I did not allow you to touch her. 20:7 But now give back the man’s wife. Indeed ¹⁴  he is a prophet ¹⁵  and he will pray for you; thus you will live. ¹⁶  But if you don’t give her back, ¹⁷  know that you will surely die ¹⁸  along with all who belong to you.”

20:8 Early in the morning ¹⁹  Abimelech summoned ²⁰  all his servants. When he told them about all these things, ²¹  they ²²  were terrified. 20:9 Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? ²³  You have done things to me that should not be done!” ²⁴  20:10 Then Abimelech asked ²⁵  Abraham, “What prompted you to do this thing?” ²⁶ 

20:11 Abraham replied, “Because I thought, ²⁷  ‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of ²⁸  my wife.’ 20:12 What’s more, ²⁹  she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife. 20:13 When God made me wander ³⁰  from my father’s house, I told her, ‘This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me: ³¹  Every place we go, say about me, “He is my brother.”’”

20:14 So Abimelech gave ³²  sheep, cattle, and male and female servants to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him. 20:15 Then Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.” ³³ 

20:16 To Sarah he said, “Look, I have given a thousand pieces of silver ³⁴  to your ‘brother.’ ³⁵  This is compensation for you so that you will stand vindicated before all who are with you.” ³⁶ 

20:17 Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children. 20:18 For the Lord ³⁷  had caused infertility to strike every woman ³⁸  in the household of Abimelech because he took ³⁹  Sarah, Abraham’s wife.