His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”(A)

Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing,(B) each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.[a]

Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.

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Footnotes

  1. John 2:6 Or from about 75 to about 115 liters

His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

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