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.