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# John 2

John 2 is chapter 2 of 21 in the Gospel of John. Here are all 25 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Christ changes water into wine. He casts the sellers out of the temple.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## John 2 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And on the third day, a wedding was held in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
2. Now Jesus was also invited to the wedding, with his disciples.
3. And when the wine was failing, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”
4. And Jesus said to her: “What is that to me and to you, woman? My hour has not yet arrived.”
5. His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6. Now in that place, there were six stone water jars, for the purification ritual of the Jews, containing two or three measures each.
7. Jesus said to them, “Fill the water jars with water.” And they filled them to the very top.
8. And Jesus said to them, “Now draw from it, and carry it to the chief steward of the feast.” And they took it to him.
9. Then, when the chief steward had tasted the water made into wine, since he did not know where it was from, for only the servants who had drawn the water knew, the chief steward called the groom,
10. and he said to him: “Every man offers the good wine first, and then, when they have become inebriated, he offers what is worse. But you have kept the good wine until now.”
11. This was the beginning of the signs that Jesus accomplished in Cana of Galilee, and it manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
12. After this, he descended to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, but they did not remain there for many days.
13. And the Passover of the Jews was near, and so Jesus ascended to Jerusalem.
14. And he found, sitting in the temple, sellers of oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers.
15. And when he had made something like a whip out of little cords, he drove them all out of the temple, including the sheep and the oxen. And he poured out the brass coins of the moneychangers, and he overturned their tables.
16. And to those who were selling doves, he said: “Take these things out of here, and do not make my Father’s house into a house of commerce.”
17. And truly, his disciples were reminded that it is written: “Zeal for your house consumes me.”
18. Then the Jews responded and said to him, “What sign can you show to us, that you may do these things?”
19. Jesus responded and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
20. Then the Jews said, “This temple has been built up over forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?”
21. Yet he was speaking about the Temple of his body.
22. Therefore, when he had resurrected from the dead, his disciples were reminded that he had said this, and they believed in the Scriptures and in the word that Jesus had spoken.
23. Now while he was at Jerusalem during the Passover, on the day of the feast, many trusted in his name, seeing his signs that he was accomplishing.
24. But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he himself had knowledge of all persons,
25. and because he had no need of anyone to offer testimony about a man. For he knew what was within a man.

## John 2 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Et die tertia nuptiæ factæ sunt in Cana Galilææ, et erat mater Jesu ibi.
2. Vocatus est autem et Jesus, et discipuli ejus, ad nuptias.
3. Et deficiente vino, dicit mater Jesu ad eum: Vinum non habent.
4. Et dicit ei Jesus: Quid mihi et tibi est, mulier? nondum venit hora mea.
5. Dicit mater ejus ministris: Quodcumque dixerit vobis, facite.
6. Erant autem ibi lapideæ hydriæ sex positæ secundum purificationem Judæorum, capientes singulæ metretas binas vel ternas.
7. Dicit eis Jesus: Implete hydrias aqua. Et impleverunt eas usque ad summum.
8. Et dicit eis Jesus: Haurite nunc, et ferte architriclino. Et tulerunt.
9. Ut autem gustavit architriclinus aquam vinum factam, et non sciebat unde esset, ministri autem sciebant, qui hauserant aquam: vocat sponsum architriclinus,
10. et dicit ei: Omnis homo primum bonum vinum ponit et cum inebriati fuerint, tunc id, quod deterius est. Tu autem servasti bonum vinum usque adhuc.
11. Hoc fecit initium signorum Jesus in Cana Galilææ; et manifestavit gloriam suam, et crediderunt in eum discipuli ejus.
12. Post hoc descendit Capharnaum ipse, et mater ejus, et fratres ejus, et discipuli ejus: et ibi manserunt non multis diebus.
13. Et prope erat Pascha Judæorum, et ascendit Jesus Jerosolymam:
14. et invenit in templo vendentes boves, et oves, et columbas, et numularios sedentes.
15. Et cum fecisset quasi flagellum de funiculis, omnes ejecit de templo, oves quoque, et boves, et numulariorum effudit æs, et mensas subvertit.
16. Et his qui columbas vendebant, dixit: Auferte ista hinc, et nolite facere domum patris mei, domum negotiationis.
17. Recordati sunt vero discipuli ejus quia scriptum est: Zelus domus tuæ comedit me.
18. Responderunt ergo Judæi, et dixerunt ei: Quod signum ostendis nobis, quia hæc facis?
19. Respondit Jesus, et dixit eis: Solvite templum hoc, et in tribus diebus excitabo illud.
20. Dixerunt ergo Judæi: Quadraginta et sex annis ædificatum est templum hoc, et tu in tribus diebus excitabis illud?
21. Ille autem dicebat de templo corporis sui.
22. Cum ergo resurrexisset a mortuis, recordati sunt discipuli ejus, quia hoc dicebat, et crediderunt scripturæ et sermoni quem dixit Jesus.
23. Cum autem esset Jerosolymis in Pascha in die festo, multi crediderunt in nomine ejus, videntes signa ejus, quæ faciebat.
24. Ipse autem Jesus non credebat semetipsum eis, eo quod ipse nosset omnes,
25. et quia opus ei non erat ut quis testimonium perhiberet de homine: ipse enim sciebat quid esset in homine.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 495: "Conceived By the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 519: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 627: Jesus Christ Was Buried ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 692: The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1613: Marriage in God's Plan ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2618: In the Fullness of Time ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 605: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 606: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2585: In the Old Testament ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 486: "Conceived By the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1335: The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 583: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 584: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 377: Man ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2534: The Tenth Commandment ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 575: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 670: He Will Come Again in Glory ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 586: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 994: Christ's Resurrection and Ours ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 473: The Son of God Became Man ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “Mary is the peacemaker between sinners and God.” — St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary, 1750 (On this theme: verse 3)
- “To Jesus through Mary.” — St. Louis de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary, 120, c. 1712 (On this theme: verse 5)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 4: “What is that to me” … These words of our Saviour, spoken to his mother, have been understood by some commentators as harsh, they not considering the next following verse: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye, which plainly shows that his mother knew of the miracle that he was to perform, and that it was at her request he wrought it; besides the manner of speaking the words as to the tone, and the countenance shown at the same time, which could only be known to those who were present, or from what had followed: for words indicating anger in one tone of voice, would be understood quite the reverse in another.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Mon, Nov 9, 2026: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome — Gospel, John 2:13-22
- Sun, Feb 28, 2027: Third Sunday of Lent — Gospel, John 2:13-25
- Tue, Nov 9, 2027 (computed): Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome — Gospel, John 2:13-22
- Sun, Jan 16, 2028 (computed): Second Sunday in Ordinary Time — Gospel, John 2:1-11

1 more date through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).