MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH – MORE ABOUT JESUS:  #5 Jesus Goes To a Wedding

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John 2:1-25



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1 The next day Jesus' mother was a guest at a wedding celebration.  (The next day Jesus' mother was a guest at a wedding celebration.)

2 Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration.  (Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration.)

3 The wine supply ran out during the festivities,  (The wine supply ran out during the festivities,)

so Jesus' mother spoke to him about the problem.  (so Jesus' mother spoke to him about the problem.)

3 The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus' mother spoke to him about the problem.  (The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus' mother spoke to him about the problem.)

"They have no more wine," she told him.  (“They have no more wine," she told him.)

6 Six stone water pots were standing there;  (Six stone water pots were standing there;)

they were used for Jewish ceremonial purposes  (they were used for Jewish ceremonial purposes)

and held twenty to thirty gallons each.  (and held twenty to thirty gallons each.)

6 Six stone water pots were standing there; they were used for Jewish ceremonial purposes and held twenty to thirty gallons each.  (Six stone water pots were standing there; they were used for Jewish ceremonial purposes and held twenty to thirty gallons each.)

7 Jesus told the servants, "Fill the jars with water."  (Jesus told the servants, "Fill the jars with water.")

When the jars had been filled to the brim,  (When the jars had been filled to the brim,)

8 he said, "Dip some out and take it to the master of ceremonies."  (he said, "Dip some out and take it to the master of ceremonies.")

When the jars had been filled to the brim, 8 he said, "Dip some out and take it to the master of ceremonies."  (When the jars had been filled to the brim, he said, "Dip some out and take it to the master of ceremonies.")

So they followed his instructions.  (So they followed his instructions.)

9 When the master of ceremonies tasted the water that was now wine,  (When the master of ceremonies tasted the water that was now wine,)

not knowing where it had come from  (not knowing where it had come from)

(though, of course, the servants knew), ((though, of course, the servants knew),)

he called the bridegroom over.  (he called the bridegroom over.)

9 When the master of ceremonies tasted the water that was now wine, not knowing where it had come from (though, of course, the servants knew), he called the bridegroom over.  (When the master of ceremonies tasted the water that was now wine, not knowing where it had come from (though, of course, the servants knew), he called the bridegroom over.)

10 "Usually a host serves the best wine first," he said.  ("Usually a host serves the best wine first," he said.)

"Then, when everyone is full and doesn't care,  ("Then, when everyone is full and doesn't care,)

he brings out the less expensive wines.  (he brings out the less expensive wines.)

"Then, when everyone is full and doesn't care, he brings out the less expensive wines.  ("Then, when everyone is full and doesn't care, he brings out the less expensive wines.)

But you have kept the best until now!"  (But you have kept the best until now!")


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11 This was Jesus' first miracle, and he did it in the village of Cana in Galilee. There Jesus showed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him. 12 After this, he went with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples to the town of Capernaum, where they stayed for a few days. 

13 Not long before the Jewish festival of Passover, Jesus went to Jerusalem. 14 There he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves in the temple. He also saw moneychangers sitting at their tables. 15 So he took some rope and made a whip. Then he chased everyone out of the temple, together with their sheep and cattle. He turned over the tables of the moneychangers and scattered their coins. 

16 Jesus said to the people who had been selling doves, "Get those doves out of here! Don't make my Father's house a marketplace." 

17 The disciples then remembered that the Scriptures say, "My love for your house burns in me like a fire." 

18 The Jewish leaders asked Jesus, "What miracle will you work to show us why you have done this?" 19 "Destroy this temple," Jesus answered, "and in three days I will build it again!" 
20 The leaders replied, "It took forty-six years to build this temple. What makes you think you can rebuild it in three days?" 

21 But Jesus was talking about his body as a temple. 22 And when he was raised from death, his disciples remembered what he had told them. Then they believed the Scriptures and the words of Jesus. 

23 In Jerusalem during Passover many people put their faith in Jesus, because they saw him work miracles. 24 But Jesus knew what was in their hearts, and he would not let them have power over him. 25 No one had to tell him what people were like. He already knew.



Scripture quotations from verses 1-10 are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. 

Scripture quotations from verses 11-25 are from the Contemporary English Version Copyright © 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society, Used by Permission.


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  John 2:1-25 from a Bible written in your language.)

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also
and
at
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bridegroom
brim
brings (to bring)
but
called (to call)
care (to care)
celebration
ceremonial
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course
day
dip (to dip)
disciple
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everyone
expensive (expensive, more, most expensive, expensively)
festivity
fill (to fill)
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first
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from
full (full, fuller, fullest)
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he
held (to hold)
him
his
his
host
in
instruction
invited (to invite)
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jar
Jesus = a man’s name
Jewish = an ethnic name
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less (less, lesser, least)
master
more (more, most)
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next
no
not
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out
over
pot
problem
purpose
ran (to run)
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servant
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six (6)
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some
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stone
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take (to take)
tasted (to taste)
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thirty (30)
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