At the Wedding at Cana (John 2:1-11), they had butchered the fattened calf and purchased the best wine they could for their many guests. But they had miscalculated. Mary says that they were running low on wine. And that’s a surefire way to ruin a party. But Mary knew someone who could help. Jesus was in attendance, and she had confidence that He could do something about this, though we can’t know exactly what she expected Him to do. “My Son, they’re running out of wine,” she said. And in His response it sounds like Jesus is snapping at her: