Listening Practice:

Watch the video clip again and fill in the missing words from the dropdown box:

1 Two days later there was a in the town of Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,

2 and Jesus " and his disciples had also been to the wedding.

3 When the wine had given out, Jesus' mother" said to him, "They are out of ." "Madam, what do you have to do with this? My has not yet come."

5 "Do whatever he tells you."

6 The Jews have rules about ritual , and for this purpose six stone water were there, each one large enough to hold between twenty and thirty gallons.

7 "Fill these j ars with ." They filled them to the brim ...

8 "Now draw some water out and take it to the man in charge o f the ." They took him the water,

9 which now had turned into wine , and he it. He did not know where this wine had come from (but, of course, the servants who had drawn out the water knew); so he called the .

10 "Everyone else serves the best wine first, and after the guests h ave drunk a lot, he serves the wine. But you have kept the best wine until now!"

11 Jesus performed this first in Cana in Galilee; there he revealed his glory, and his disciples in him.

12 After this, Jesus and his mother, b rothers, and went to Capernaum and there a few days.

True or False Questions: Write True or False before each statement. If the statement is false, make a correct statement.

1. They ran out of wine at the birthday party.
2. Jesus told his mother He couldn't help her.
3. The first person to taste the new wine was the bridegroom.
4. Six large jars of water were turned into wine.
5. This was the first miracle Jesus did.

Matching exercise: Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right:

Completion exercise: Complete these sentences with words from the exercise above: (Hint: you may need to change the form of the word.)

1. Every Thanksgiving , my whole family gets together and has a .
2. A common at a wedding is giving and receiving wedding rings.
3. The CN Tower is one of Toronto's ." He his secrets to his friend.
4. She filled the glass full to the .

Comprehension and discussion questions: Discuss these questions in your group or with a partner.

1. Where was the wedding? Who was there?
2. What embarrassing thing happened at the wedding?
3. What were the jars used for?
4. Why d o you think Jesus' mother t o l d him about the problem?
5. What happened to the water?
6. Why was the man in charge of the wedding surprised?
7. How do you think the bridegroom felt?
8. Who knew where the wine came from?
9. What was special about this miracle?
10. What did His disciples do after seeing this miracle?
11. Why do you think Jesus chose this miracle to be His first miracle?