Chapter 2

The Wedding at Cana. ^1 [a]On the third day there was a wedding^[b] in Cana^[c] in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.^{(A) 2} Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. ³ When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” ^4 [d][And] Jesus said to her, “Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come.”^{(B) 5} His mother said to the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.”^{(C) 6 [e]}Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings,^(D) each holding twenty to thirty gallons. ⁷ Jesus told them, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim. ⁸ Then he told them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.”^[f] So they took it. ⁹ And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom ¹⁰ and said to him, “Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now.” ¹¹ Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs^[g] in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him.^(E)

^5 (A)When he entered Capernaum,^[a] a centurion approached him and appealed to him, ⁶ saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, suffering dreadfully.” ⁷ He said to him, “I will come and cure him.” ⁸ The centurion said in reply,^[b] “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed. ⁹ For I too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come here,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ¹⁰ When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel^[c] have I found such faith. ^11 (B)I say to you,^[d] many will come from the east and the west, and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the banquet in the kingdom of heaven, ¹² but the children of the kingdom will be driven out into the outer darkness, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.” ¹³ And Jesus said to the centurion, “You may go; as you have believed, let it be done for you.” And at that very hour [his] servant was healed.

The Cure of Peter’s Mother-in-Law.^[e]

^21 (A)Then Jesus went from that place and withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out, “Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon.” ²³ But he did not say a word in answer to her. His disciples came and asked him, “Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us.” ^24 [a]He said in reply, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” ^25 (B)But the woman came and did him homage, saying, “Lord, help me.” ²⁶ He said in reply, “It is not right to take the food of the children^[b] and throw it to the dogs.” ²⁷ She said, “Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from the table of their masters.” ^28 (C)Then Jesus said to her in reply, “O woman, great is your faith!^[c] Let it be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.

The Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith. ^24 (A)From that place he went off to the district of Tyre.^[a] He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice. ²⁵ Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him. She came and fell at his feet. ²⁶ The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.^{(B) 27} He said to her, “Let the children be fed first.^[b] For it is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs.” ²⁸ She replied and said to him, “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s scraps.” ²⁹ Then he said to her, “For saying this, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.” ³⁰ When the woman went home, she found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.

Chapter 7

The Healing of a Centurion’s Slave.^{(A) 1 [a]}When he had finished all his words to the people, he entered Capernaum.^{[b] 2} A centurion^[c] there had a slave who was ill and about to die, and he was valuable to him. ³ When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and save the life of his slave. ⁴ They approached Jesus and strongly urged him to come, saying, “He deserves to have you do this for him, ⁵ for he loves our nation and he built the synagogue for us.” ⁶ And Jesus went with them, but when he was only a short distance from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.^{[d] 7} Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you; but say the word and let my servant be healed. ⁸ For I too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come here,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ⁹ When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him and, turning, said to the crowd following him, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” ¹⁰ When the messengers returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

Raising of the Widow’s Son.^[e]