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Jesus said unto her, “Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come.”

His mother said unto the servants, “Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it.”

And there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of the purifying of the Jews, holding twenty to thirty gallons apiece.

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“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