And Jesus *said to her, [a](A)What business do you have with Me, (B)woman? (C)My hour has not yet come.” His (D)mother *said to the servants, “Whatever He tells you, do it.” Now there were six stone waterpots standing there (E)for the Jewish custom of purification, containing [b]two or three measures each.

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Footnotes

  1. John 2:4 Lit What to Me and to you (an ancient idiom)
  2. John 2:6 About 18 or 27 gallons each; or 68 or 102 liters

“Woman,[a](A) why do you involve me?”(B) Jesus replied. “My hour(C) has not yet come.”

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. John 2:4 The Greek for Woman does not denote any disrespect.
  2. John 2:6 Or from about 75 to about 115 liters