John 2:13-25

¹³The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴And within the temple grounds He found those who were selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. ¹⁵And He made a whip of cords, and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; ¹⁶and to those who were selling the doves He said, “Take these things away from here; stop making My Father’s house a place of business!” ¹⁷His disciples remembered that it was written: “Zeal for Your house will consume me.” ¹⁸The Jews then said to Him, “What sign do You show us as Your authority for doing these things?” ¹⁹Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” ²⁰The Jews then said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and yet You will raise it up in three days?” ²¹But He was speaking about the temple of His body. ²²So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

²³Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name as they observed His signs which He was doing. ²⁴But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, because He knew all people, ²⁵and because He did not need anyone to testify about mankind, for He Himself knew what was in mankind.