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First Sign: The Wedding Feast at Cana (Jn 2:1-12)

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of , & the mother of was there. Jesus & his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ & Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what concern is that to you & to me? My hour has not yet come.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’ Now standing there were six stone water-jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ & they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, ‘Now draw some out, & take it to the chief steward.’ So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, & did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom & said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine first, & then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.’ Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, & revealed his glory; & his disciples believed in him. After this he went down to with his mother, his brothers, & his disciples; & they remained there for a few days.

Second Sign: The Healing of the Royal Official’s Son (Jn 4:46-54)

Then he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had changed the water into wine. Now there was a royal official whose son lay ill in Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had come from to Galilee, he went & begged him to come down & heal his son, for he was at the point of death. Then Jesus said to him, ‘Unless you see signs & wonders you will not believe.’ The official said to him, ‘Sir, come down before my little boy dies.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go; your son will live.’ The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him & started on his way. As he was going down, his slaves met him & told him that his child was alive. So he asked them the hour when he began to recover, & they said to him, ‘Yesterday at one in the afternoon the fever left him.’ The father realized that this was the hour when Jesus had said to him, ‘Your son will live.’ So he himself believed, along with his whole household. Now this was the second sign that Jesus did after coming from Judea to Galilee.

Third Sign: The Healing on the Sabbath at Bethesda (Jn 5:1-18)

After this there was a festival of the Jews, & Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids—blind, lame, & paralysed. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there & knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, ‘Do you want to be made well?’ The sick man answered him, ‘Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; & while making my way, 2 someone else steps down ahead of me.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Stand up, take your mat & walk.’ At once the man was made well, & he took up his mat & began to walk.

Now that day was a sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, ‘It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.’ But he answered them, ‘The man who made me well said to me, “Take up your mat & walk.” ’ They asked him, ‘Who is the man who said to you, “Take it up & walk”?’ Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had disappeared in the crowd that was there. Later Jesus found him in the temple & said to him, ‘See, you have been made well! Do not sin any more, so that nothing worse happens to you.’ The man went away & told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. Therefore the Jews started persecuting Jesus, because he was doing such things on the sabbath. But Jesus answered them, ‘My Father is still working, & I also am working.’ For this reason the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he was not only breaking the sabbath, but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.

Fourth Sign: Feeding the Five Thousand (Jn 6:1-15)

After this Jesus went to the other side of the , also called the Sea of . A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain & sat down there with his disciples. Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near. When he looked up & saw a large crowd coming towards him, Jesus said to Philip, ‘Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?’ He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. Philip answered him, ‘Six months’ wages would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.’ One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, ‘There is a boy here who has five barley loaves & two fish. But what are they among so many people?’ Jesus said, ‘Make the people sit down.’ Now there was a great deal of grass in the place; so they sat down, about five thousand in all. Then Jesus took the loaves, & when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted. When they were satisfied, he told his disciples, ‘Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost.’ So they gathered them up, & from the fragments of the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten, they filled twelve baskets. When the people saw the sign that he had done, they began to say, ‘This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.’ When Jesus realized that they were about to come & take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

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Fifth Sign: Jesus Comes to his Disciples Walking on the Water (Jn 6:16-21)

When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, got into a boat, & started across the lake to Capernaum. It was now dark, & Jesus had not yet come to them. The lake became rough because a strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the lake & coming near the boat, & they were terrified. But he said to them, ‘It is I; do not be afraid.’ Then they wanted to take him into the boat, & immediately the boat reached the land towards which they were going.

Sixth Sign: The Cure of the Man Born Blind (Jn 9)

As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the .’ When he had said this, he spat on the ground & made mud with the saliva & spread the mud on the man’s eyes, saying to him, ‘Go, wash in the pool of Siloam’ (which means Sent). Then he went & washed & came back able to see. The neighbours & those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, ‘Is this not the man who used to sit & beg?’ Some were saying, ‘It is he.’ Others were saying, ‘No, but it is someone like him.’ He kept saying, ‘I am the man.’ But they kept asking him, ‘Then how were your eyes opened?’ He answered, ‘The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, & said to me, “Go to Siloam & wash.” Then I went & washed & received my sight.’ They said to him, ‘Where is he?’ He said, ‘I do not know.’

They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the mud & opened his eyes. Then the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight. He said to them, ‘He put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, & now I see.’ Some of the Pharisees said, ‘This man is not from God, for he does not observe the sabbath.’ But others said, ‘How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?’ & they were divided. So they said again to the blind man, ‘What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.’ He said, ‘He is a prophet.’

The Jews did not believe that he had been blind & had received his sight until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight & asked them, ‘Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?’ His parents answered, ‘We know that this is our son, & that he was born blind; but we do not know how it is that now he sees, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.’ His parents said this 4 because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said, ‘He is of age; ask him.’

So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, & they said to him, ‘Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.’ He answered, ‘I do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.’ They said to him, ‘What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?’ He answered them, ‘I have told you already, & you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?’ Then they reviled him, saying, ‘You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.’ The man answered, ‘Here is an astonishing thing! You do not know where he comes from, & yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him & obeys his will. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.’ They answered him, ‘You were born entirely in sins, & are you trying to teach us?’ & they drove him out.

Jesus heard that they had driven him out, & when he found him, he said, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’ He answered, ‘& who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him.’ Jesus said to him, ‘You have seen him, & the one speaking with you is he.’ He said, ‘Lord, I believe.’ & he worshipped him. Jesus said, ‘I came into this world for judgement so that those who do not see may see, & those who do see may become blind.’ Some of the Pharisees near him heard this & said to him, ‘Surely we are not blind, are we?’ Jesus said to them, ‘If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, “We see”, your sin remains.

The Raising of Lazarus Jn 11:1-43

Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of , the village of Mary & her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume & wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, ‘Lord, he whom you love is ill.’ But when Jesus heard it, he said, ‘This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.’ Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha & her sister & Lazarus, after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.

Then after this he said to the disciples, ‘Let us go to Judea again.’ The disciples said to him, ‘Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, & are you going there again?’ Jesus answered, ‘Are there not twelve hours of daylight? 5

Those who walk during the day do not stumble, because they see the light of this world. But those who walk at night stumble, because the light is not in them.’ After saying this, he told them, ‘Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him.’ The disciples said to him, ‘Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be all right.’ Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly, ‘Lazarus is dead. For your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.’ Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples, ‘Let us also go, that we may die with him.’

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, & many of the Jews had come to Martha & Mary to console them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went & met him, while Mary stayed at home. Martha said to Jesus, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Your brother will rise again.’ Martha said to him, ‘I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.’ Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection & the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, & everyone who lives & believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?’ She said to him, ‘Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.’

When she had said this, she went back & called her sister Mary, & told her privately, ‘The Teacher is here & is calling for you.’ & when she heard it, she got up quickly & went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. The Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly & go out. They followed her because they thought that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came where Jesus was & saw him, she knelt at his feet & said to him, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.’ When Jesus saw her weeping, & the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit & deeply moved. He said, ‘Where have you laid him?’ They said to him, ‘Lord, come & see.’ Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, ‘See how he loved him!’ But some of them said, ‘Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?’

Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, & a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, ‘Take away the stone.’ Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, ‘Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead for four days.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?’ So they took away the stone. & Jesus looked upwards & said, ‘Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you 6 always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.’ When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out!’