Reading: Genesis 14:17-20
After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the
kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet
him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine.
He was priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram, saying,
"Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth.
And praise be to God Most High,
who delivered your enemies into your hand."
Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Gospel: John 2:1-11
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.
Jesus' mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had
also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone,
Jesus' mother said to him,
"They have no more wine."
"Woman, why do you involve me?" Jesus replied.
"My hour has not yet come."
His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells
you."
Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the
Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to
thirty gallons.
Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water";
so they filled them to the brim.
Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to
the master of the banquet."
They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water
that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where
it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the
water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside and said,
"Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then
the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink;
but you have saved the best till now."
What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of
the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples
believed in him.