John 2:13-25

13It was almost time for the Jewish Passover festival. So Jesus went to Jerusalem.

14He went into the yard of the temple. There he found people who were selling cows, sheep and doves. Other people were sitting at tables to change coins for people.

15So Jesus made a whip from some pieces of rope. Then he made all the people leave the temple quickly, with the sheep and the cows. He threw onto the ground all the coins of the men who changed money. He turned their tables over.

16He said to the people who sold birds, ‘Take them out of here! Do not make my Father's house into a market!’

17His disciples remembered what it says in the Bible: ‘My love for your house burns inside me like a fire.’

18Then the Jews asked Jesus, ‘What is your authority to do this? Do a miracle to show us that you really do have authority.’

19Jesus answered them, ‘If you destroy this house of God, I will build it up again in three days.’

20The Jews replied, ‘People have worked for 46 years to build this house. But you say that you will build it again in three days!’

21But the house that Jesus was speaking about was his own body.

22The disciples remembered this when Jesus had become alive again after his death. They remembered that he had said this. Then they believed what the Bible taught. They also believed the words that Jesus had spoken.

23While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover festival, he did many miracles. Many people saw these miracles that showed he was from God. As a result, they believed in Jesus.

24But Jesus himself did not trust the people. He knew what all people are really like.

25He did not need anyone to tell him what people are like. He knew already what was really in each person.