Three days after Jesus recruited his first disciples, there was a
wedding in the city of Cana in the region of Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,
and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the reception. When the wine
for the feast ran out, Jesus' mother
told him, "They're out of wine."
Jesus replied, "Dear woman, what does that have to do with you and me? My
time hasn't come yet."
His mother told the waiters,
"Do whatever he says."
Six
stone water pots were sitting there to be used in the Jew's purification
rituals. Each one could hold twenty or thirty gallons.
Jesus
said, "Fill these pots with
water." So the waiters filled them to the brim.
Then he told them, "Now, take some to the master of
ceremonies of the reception." So they took it.
When the master of ceremonies tasted the
water, which had become wine, he didn't know where it had come from (but the
servants who had drawn the water knew).
The master of ceremonies called the
bridegroom over to the side and said to him, "Everyone serves
the good wine first. After the guest have drunk a lot, then you serve the
cheap wine. But you have waited until now to serve the good wine!"
This was Jesus' first sign, which he did
in the city of Cana in Galilee. He revealed his true nature and power; and his
followers believed in
him.
