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And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to me and to you?[a] My hour has not yet come.”(A) His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.(B)

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  1. 2.4 Or What have you to do with me, woman?

“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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  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